Medico-Legal Death Investigation Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass

Medico-Legal Death Investigation Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass DEATH - Correct Answer ️️ --Termination of biological functions that sustain a living organism -The point where resuscitation becomes impossible Death Investigation - Correct Answer ️️ -Death investigations carry broad societal importance for criminal justice and public health Death investigations: - Correct Answer ️️ -•To convict the guilty and protect the innocent•Aid civil litigation •Critical for many aspects of public health practice and research •Emerging as critically important in evaluating the quality of health care and the nation's response to bioterrorism Who decides the fate of the deceased? - Correct Answer ️️ -•Death investigations are carried out by coroners or medical examiners -Role is to decide the scope and course of a death investigation What's the difference between a coroner and a medical examiner? - Correct Answer ️️ -Coroner Elected whereas Medical Examiner Appointed Coroner - Correct Answer ️️ -Elected, May not be a physician, May not perform/attend autopsies Must obtain the services of a forensic pathologist for autopsies/medical expertise to support the coroner's investigations Medical Examiner - Correct Answer ️️ -Appointed, Licensed, board-cert Forensic Pathologist, Performs/attends autopsies Has jurisdiction over a county, district, or state. Brings medical expertise to the evaluation of the medical history and physical examination of the deceased Historical Purposes of Coroners - Correct Answer ️️ --9th and 10th century England but formalized into law in the 12th century -Ensure tax payment upon death -Coroner laws were imported into the Colonies Historical Purposes of Medical Examiners - Correct Answer ️️ --1860 passage of Maryland legislation requiring the presence of a physician of the death inquest -Nationwide trend since 1877 to replace coroners with the medical examiners Death Investigation by State - Correct Answer ️️ --50% /50% of population served by Coroner and MEO -Death investigations are handled at the county level Manner of Death (MOD) - Correct Answer ️️ -•Natural •Accidental •Suicidal •Homicidal •Undetermined Cause of Death (COD) - Correct Answer ️️ -Examples: -Heart attack -gunshot wound -diseases -fractures -stroke -hanging -suffocation massive trauma COD - Proximate cause of death - Correct Answer ️️ -Example: A man burned extensively as a result of a house fire dies two weeks later due to sepsis. The proximate cause of death is his burns. Immediate cause of death is the sepsis. •Example: a 48 year old woman has a breast lump removed; following a number of years, the cancer re-appears in her bones; chemotherapy follows. She later dies with pneumonia. Breast cancer is the underlying or proximate cause of death and pneumonia is the immediate or dependent cause of death. Mechanism of death - Correct Answer ️️ -The mechanism of death is the actual physiological change, or variation in the body's inner workings, that causes the cessation of life. -A particular mechanism of death can be produced by a variety of different causes of death and many mechanisms can be produced by one COD Ex: A gunshot to the heart is a cause of death that can lead to various mechanisms of death such as bleeding to death or infection that enters the blood stream. Reporting Deaths - Correct Answer ️️ --Necessary for legal and financial reasons -Death Certificate: a statement of opinion by certified physician but finaliz