The Post Mortem
Mind map for Post Mortem
- Created by: meganjayne15
- Created on: 28-04-14 10:39
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- The Post Mortem
- Autopsy
- See with ones own eyes
- Why?
- Identify cause of death
- Confirm nature of illness
- Identify any other conditions
- Assess effects of treatments and drugs
- When?
- As soon as possible after death
- When a death is sudden or unexpected
- Person has been ill but doctor cannot confirm cause of death
- Death resulting from accident or unusual circumstances
- Time of Death (TOD)
- Livor mortis
- reddish-purple discoloration - occurs when blood settles in a certain place i.e. bottom - if the individual was sitting down during their death.
- Rigor mortis
- Stiffening due to post mortem muscle contraction - depletion of ATP
- Body temperature
- Stomach contents
- When last seen alive?
- Decomposition - autolysis, putrefaction, skeletonisation
- Livor mortis
- Most Common Verdicts
- Death by natural causes
- Death by misadventure
- Accidental death
- Lawful killing
- Suicide
- Unlawful killing
- Occupational disease
- Drug dependence
- Non-dependent drug abuse
- Still birth
- Report
- External examination
- body tag
- Weight and height
- Clothing and valuables identified
- Scars, tattoos, injuries, wounds and bruises recorded
- Foreign objects noted
- 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, infection
- Microscopic examination
- Toxicology
- Summary of findings
- Cause and manner of death
- Cause
- Disease or injury which produces the physiological disruption inside the body resulting in death.
- Example: Gunshot wound to the chest.
- Manner
- How the death come about.
- Five categories: 1. homicide 2. suicide 3. natural 4. accident 5. undetermined
- Cause
- External examination
- Autopsy
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