Death Investigation Systems questions and
answers with solutions
Western Medicolegal Definition of Death - ANSWER -Cerebral Death
Cerebral Death - ANSWER Brain function ceased
-Clinical and Field
Clinical Death - ANSWER Flat brain wave reading
Field Death - ANSWER Following four criteria
1. bilateral dilation and fixation of pupils
2. absences of reflexes
3. cessation of respiration without mechanical assistance
4. cessation of spontaneous cardiac activity
When all 4 criteria met: - ANSWER -pronounced dead by either licensed
physicians, medical investigators, or EMT in some jurisdictions
-time and location noted (needed for death certificate)
Recoded time-of-death - ANSWER -reflects the time of pronouncement-
not the actual time of death
, -M.E. will use time that police arrived on the scene.
Medical Investigator is also the... - ANSWER -death investigator from the
M.E.'s office
Medicolegal - ANSWER -Application of medical science to law
Medicolegal System - ANSWER -formal mechanism for death
investigation and certification within a specific geographic area
2 Medicolegal Systems - ANSWER -Coroner
-M.E.
Functions of Medical Examiner's or Coroner's Office - ANSWER -Death
Investigation
Death Investigation - ANSWER -process of determining the cause and
manner of death (by law)
Cause of Death - ANSWER -An injury or disease that produces a
physiological derangement in the body that results in death
Medical Opinion - ANSWER -synthesis of all information derived from
both the investigation into the CIRCUMSTANCE SURROUNDING the death
AND AUTOPSY
answers with solutions
Western Medicolegal Definition of Death - ANSWER -Cerebral Death
Cerebral Death - ANSWER Brain function ceased
-Clinical and Field
Clinical Death - ANSWER Flat brain wave reading
Field Death - ANSWER Following four criteria
1. bilateral dilation and fixation of pupils
2. absences of reflexes
3. cessation of respiration without mechanical assistance
4. cessation of spontaneous cardiac activity
When all 4 criteria met: - ANSWER -pronounced dead by either licensed
physicians, medical investigators, or EMT in some jurisdictions
-time and location noted (needed for death certificate)
Recoded time-of-death - ANSWER -reflects the time of pronouncement-
not the actual time of death
, -M.E. will use time that police arrived on the scene.
Medical Investigator is also the... - ANSWER -death investigator from the
M.E.'s office
Medicolegal - ANSWER -Application of medical science to law
Medicolegal System - ANSWER -formal mechanism for death
investigation and certification within a specific geographic area
2 Medicolegal Systems - ANSWER -Coroner
-M.E.
Functions of Medical Examiner's or Coroner's Office - ANSWER -Death
Investigation
Death Investigation - ANSWER -process of determining the cause and
manner of death (by law)
Cause of Death - ANSWER -An injury or disease that produces a
physiological derangement in the body that results in death
Medical Opinion - ANSWER -synthesis of all information derived from
both the investigation into the CIRCUMSTANCE SURROUNDING the death
AND AUTOPSY
