Prehospital death determination

Question 1

Patients who appear to have expired will not be resuscitated or transported by Clark County EMS personnel if any of the following obvious signs of death are present:

Answer 1

A. Body decomposition
B. Decapitation
C. Transection of thorax (hemicorpectomy)
D. Incineration
E. Functional separation from the body of the heart, brain, or lungs

Question 2

The (5) presumptive signs of death

Conclusive signs of death include:

Answer 2

1. Unresponsiveness
2. Apnea
3. Pulselessness
4. Fixed, dilated pupils
5. For Non-Traumatic Arrests Asystole in
   at least 2 (two) leads or a no shock advised prompt from an AED

Question 3

Conclusive signs of death include:

Answer 3

1) Dependent lividity

2) Rigor mortis