ABMDI TESTS COMPILATION BUNDLE

The first arriving officer at the scene ___. correct answer: Prevents disturbance of the body and isolates any witnesses so they may be interviewed by a detective. In gunshot deaths, it is always good practice to ___. correct answer: Secure the hands by placing brown paper bags over them prior ...

The Police Officer role in death investigation correct answer: • The First Responder 1. Rope off and secure the scene 2. Establish one route in and out of the scene 3. Record all known activity in and out of the scene 4 Be tactful in dealing with citizens and media 5. Contact appropriate p...

_____________ is the study of physical characteristics of an individual that makes them unique. It involves recording measurements of various body regions such as forearms, trunk, ears, etc.(Chapter 1) correct answer: Anthropometry Coroners are elected officials and in most jurisdictions the onl...

Sketch resembles what would happen if you exploded the inside of the room and all the walls collapsed outward correct answer: exploded view sketch Who investigates deaths in Texas? correct answer: justice of the peace and med examiner systems What is a medicolegal death investigator? - what...

What are the two types of Medicolegal Death Investigation Systems in the United States? correct answer: coroner and medical examiner systems Dates to feudal England and is the older of the two systems correct answer: coroner system A branch of medicine that applies the principles and knowled...

Name four types of blunt force trauma: correct answer: abrasions, contusions, lacerations, fractures of skeletal system What factors affect the severity, extent, and appearance of blunt force trauma injuries? correct answer: amount of force del to body time over which force is del region stru...

With U. S. Civilian-Owned Guns in the U.S., Exact number is _____ with estimated number is _______________ correct answer: unknown, 310 to 320 M (out of 320 M pop) Until the 1970's, ____ was the most common type of handgun in the United States correct answer: revolvers Each chamber in a r...

State Statues correct answer: Laws passed by the individual state government (Secretary of the State assembles) that governs the state Federal Statutes correct answer: Laws passed by the U.S. Congress and signed by the president. Statutes correct answer: Laws enacted by the legislative bran...

When a decedent is discovered in a public place and a crowd has gathered, the investigator should... correct answer: ...have the body shielded from view (by using a clean sheet, line of officers, automobile, etc.) and conduct a death scene investigation A 32 year-old male dies of AIDS; 30 days a...

ANECEPHALIC correct answer: An infant born without a brain BEREAVEMENT correct answer: Sorrow following the death of a loved one BRAIN DEATH correct answer: Final cessation of activity in the central nervous system, as indicated by a flat EEG or absence of cerebral blood flow for a predeter...

Anacephalic correct answer: An infant born without a brain. Coronal plane correct answer: The plane that divides the body into front and back (e.g, anterior [ventral] and posterior [dorsal]) halves Mid-sagittal plane correct answer: The plane that divides the body into right and left halves...

Which of the following MUST notify the coroner/ME promptly upon discovery of a suspicious death? a. law enforcement official b. funeral director c. EMT or paramedic d. ER room physician e. all of the above correct answer: e. all of the above A 35 year old white female, who was employed as a...

Barbituates correct answer: Four main categories: 1. Ultra-short-acting - used to induce surgical anesthesia 2. Short-acting 3. Intermediate-acting - used as sedative-hypnotics 4. Long-acting Butalbital correct answer: Barbituate. Used in treatment of migraines. Phenobarbital correct ans...

Sings of Death Include: correct answer: -Lack of Pulse/Respiration -Absence of Heartbeat -Lack of Corneal Reflex and Pupillary Constriction -Coolness of the Body -Rigor Mortis -Livor Mortis Rigor Mortis correct answer: Stiffness of the body that sets in several hours after death Rigor M...