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Pickle Lab Make Up Essay

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Pickle Lab Makeup Lab

Maddie Ontiveros Period 5 Sept. 13th, 2017

The “cause of death” should include information provided by the pathologist if an autopsy or other type of post mortem examination is done. The completion of the “cause of death” section for a medical- legal case requires careful consideration due to special problems that may be involved. In general, the duties of the medical examiner or coroner are to:
● Complete relevant portions of the death certificate
● Deliver the signed or electronically authenticated death certificate to the funeral director promptly so that the funeral can file it with the state or local registrar within the state's prescribed time period.
● Assist the state or local registrar by answering injuries promptly.
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The Medical Examiner looks for different signs of how the patient died on the ventral side if it was a suicide or the dorsal side if it was a different death concerning health problems which would match with the cause that was determined by the detective. There are many things to look for on a body before the autopsy like signs of struggle, forced marks on the skin, scratches or cuts, dirt under nails, what condition the

feet are in, if they were running from something or someone. After an autopsy the
Medical Examiner checks the insides and checks the organs and makes sure everything is intact or if they ingested any toxins to cause the death or may have contributed to the death of the patient. The Medical Examiner include diagnoses, toxicology, opinion, circumstances of death, identification of the decedent, general description of clothing and personal effects, evidence of medical intervention, external examination, external evidence of injury, internal examination, samples obtained
(evidence), histology and toxicology, and microscopic examination.
Medical records are a very important part of a death investigation before the autopsy and may be referred to in the autopsy report. In addition to acknowledging

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