Post Mortem
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- Created on: 02-05-14 14:58
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- Post Mortem
- Why
- To Identify the cause of death
- Confirm nature of illness
- Identify any other conditions
- Assess the effect of treatment and drugs
- When
- As soon as possible after death due to decomposition
- When a death is sudden and unexpected
- Person has been ill but Doctor could not confirm cause of death
- Death resulting from accident or unusual circumstances
- Verdicts
- Death by natural causes
- Death by misadventure
- Accidental death
- Suicide
- Unlawful Killing
- Lawful Killing
- Drug Dependance
- Non Dependant Drug Abuse
- Atempted Abortion
- Neglet or Self Neglect
- Self Induced Abortion
- Stillbirth
- Disaster
- Only if it has been subject to a public enquiry
- Report to Include:
- External Examination
- Body Tag
- Weight and Height
- Clothing and Valiables
- Scars, Tattoos, Injuries, Wounds
- Foreign Objects
- Cause of Death
- Evidence of Therapy
- Evidence of Injury
- Internal Examination
- Dissection of head and abdomen
- Organs Removed, weighed, measured and examined
- Tissue Samples examined under microscope
- Fluid samples tested for drugs and infection
- Microscopic Examination
- Toxicology
- Summary of Findings
- Cause and Manor of Death
- External Examination
- Why
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