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ABMDI EXAM/79 QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS A+ GRADED
Official pronouncement of death can: - -Be defermined by state statute and
local customs.
-Authorization to conduct a medicolegal autopsy must be provided by: - -
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. - -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: - -As soon as possible following the autopsy.
-In general, which of the following are NOT normally considered for
organ/tissue procurement purposes? - -Reproductive organs
-Authorization for organ/tissue procurement is considered valid if: - -The
decedents legal next of kin or representitive has given consent.
-Brain death: - -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: - -An infant born without a brain.
-Jurisdiction: - -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: - -The best approach is a "team" approach to
performing the work.
-In constructing a narrative report, the main idea is to relate: - -An overall
and concise view of what happened.
-Choose one of the most important important communication skills for
gathering information at the scene: - -Listen and actively study witnesses.
, -The pathologist must be altered to religious requests from the family: - -
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?" - -Request for
information.
-Common law marriage: - -Marriage that is recognized because the couple
have been cohabiting for a determined length of time, but there has been no
legal ceremony.
-Disinterment - -The opening of a grave and removal of the body for the
purpose of reexamination or removal to another site.
-Euphemism - -A mild or inoffensive term or phrase that is substituted for
another, more explicit term.
-Objective report: - -A report made in an independent and unbiased
manner, without regard for personal attitudes or thoughts.
-Retort: - -A vessel or chamber in which substances are decomposed by
heat.
-Statutory: - -Authorized by law.
-When obtaining information about a decadent from family, the first priority
should always be to obtain info from: - -The last family member who saw
and/or talked with the decedent, or has first hand knowledge regarding the
circumstances surrounding the death and/or medical history.
-Family members often ask why the ME/Coroner is involved. When
discussing the case with family, what is the best prescribed answer to give
them? - -Explain what is believed to have occurred (420,405,unexpected
death) and why the ME/coroner is investigating the death.
-When investigating a homicide death case, you discover that the victim and
surviving family are Orthodox Jews. The family voice objection to an autopsy
being performed. What is best recommended procedure to follow? - -
Counsel the family. Explain the circumstances surrounding the investigation
and why (criminal prosecution) the autopsy needs to be performed.
-If the deceased is decomposed, mutilated or burned beyond recognition
and the family still insists, for religious or cultural reasons, on viewing the
body, the investigator should: - -Prepare the family before viewing with a
verbal explanation and possibly photographs of the remains.
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