ABMDI 79 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

Official pronouncement of death can: correct answer: Be defermined by state statute and local customs. Authorization to conduct a medicolegal autopsy must be provided by: correct answer: The coroner or medical examiner when jurisdiction is established. A previously healthy 4 m.o. Infant is found unresponsive in his crib at home. He is rushed to the hospital, where he is maintained on the respirator for 26 hrs before being declared dead. No external trauma or disease is noted by the treating physician. correct answer: The coroner has jurisdiction bcuz of the unexplained death of an infant. Your office is investigating a suspected SIDS death. You should notify your statewide SIDS program within: correct answer: As soon as possible following the autopsy. In general, which of the following are NOT normally considered for organ/tissue procurement purposes? correct answer: Reproductive organs Authorization for organ/tissue procurement is considered valid if: correct answer: The decedents legal next of kin or representitive has given consent. Brain death: correct answer: Final cessation of activity in the central nervous system, as indicated by a flat electroencephalogram (EEG) or absence of cerebral blood flow for a predetermined period of time. Anencephalic: correct answer: An infant born without a brain. Jurisdiction: correct answer: The power or authority a court or office has over individuals or trauma. The death investigator and a police investigator arrive at the scene within minutes of each other: correct answer: The best approach is a "team" approach to performing the work. In constructing a narrative report, the main idea is to relate: correct answer: An overall and concise view of what happened. Choose one of the most important important communication skills for gathering information at the scene: correct answer: Listen and actively study witnesses. The pathologist must be altered to religious requests from the family: correct answer: Before the autopsy is performed. When communicating with the pathologist, a good investigator distinguishes between a request for information and a request for an opinion. Which type is this, " what time was the death pronounced?" correct answer: Request for in