American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators (ABMDI)

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...

Official pronouncement of death can: a. Be accomplished only by a physician b. Be accomplished by any medical professional c. Be accomplished by any responsible party d. Be accomplished by on-duty police officers e. Be determined by state statute and local customs correct answer: E Authoriz...

A 30-year-old male dies of AIDS; it is permissible for the death investigator to: a. Release property taken at the scene to the family b. Disclose information about the death to interested parties c. Inform the media as to the cause of death d. Amend the death certificate for the emotional well...

Medical examiner/coroner authority at a death scene comes from correct answer: B. the medical examiner/coroner office policy derived from state statutory authority. When investigating a death, it is best to correct answer: C. use all available resources. A good point to remember regarding re...

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 f...

Q. In 1923, August Vollmer established the first crime laboratory in ___________________. A. New York, New York B. Los Angeles, California C. Charlotte, North Carolina D. Washington, D.C. correct answer: B ____________ are elected officials and in most jurisdictions the only credentials re...

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...