Cause, Manner, and Mechanism Flashcards
The disease or trauma that directly caused the victim’s death
Cause of death
a heart attack, a gunshot wound to the head, or a drug overdose.
Cause of death
The specific physiological derangement that actually led to the cessation of life
Mechanism of death
a heart attack victim could die from a deadly change in heart rhythm or from severe damage to the heart muscle, leading to shock. Here the cause of death is a heart attack, but the mechanism is a cardiac arrhythmia or cardiogenic shock, respectively.
Mechanism of death
How the cause of death came about. The five manners of death are natural, accidental, suicidal, homicidal, and undetermined
Manner of death
A gunshot wound (the cause of death), may have been accidental, suicidal, or homicidal, for example. Only deaths from disease are natural.
Manner of death
Natural
Manner
accidental
manner
suicidal
manner
homicidal
manner
undetermined
manner
Heart Attack
