UNIT 2 AUTOPSY deetails

Question 1

forensic autopsy

Answer 1

Medicolegal

Question 2

PME is permitted without consent in the following circumstances:

Answer 2

1. When it is ordered by the police or coroner
   a. Senate investigations
2. When it is necessary to complete the death certificate
3. When the deceased himself has given consent before he died
   (advanced directive)
4. Deceased military personnel who dies in active duty/training in the military service

Question 3

are ordered by the state corone

Answer 3

Coronial autopsies

Question 4

gross findings (Provisional Anatomic diagnosis)

Answer 4

Death certificate

Question 5

indicate if it is selective, partial, complete

Answer 5

Extent

Question 6

Consent for autopsy:

Answer 6

1. Spouse
2. Adult children
3. Adult grandchildren
4. Parent
5. Brother/Sister
6. Nephew
7. Grandparent
8. Uncle/Aunt
9. Cousin
10. Stepchildren

Question 7

An autopsy is usually carried out within _____after the death of a person

Answer 7

48 hours

Question 8

PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION:

Answer 8

Step 1 – Administrative preparations
Step 2 – Preparation of the autopsy room
Step 3 – Confirmation of decedent identity

Question 9

Document certified by an attending physician that such patient
is dead and details on the nature, time, and possible cause

Answer 9

Death certificate

Question 10

may be performed at the request of the family of the deceased

Answer 10

hospital based
autopsies

Question 11

gross and microscopic findings (Final
Anatomic Diagnosis)

Answer 11

Final diagnosis

Question 12

which may exclude the head/brain

Answer 12

Limited (Partial

Question 13

Any evidence that this is a medico-legal case becomes under
the jurisdiction of the

Answer 13

medico-legal officer

Question 14

PRELIMINARIES FOR PME:

Answer 14

1. Written consent from the next of kin
2. Death certificate (blue/pink/white forms)
3. Medical abstract / Clinical data
4. Medicolegal clearance

Question 15

THREE LEVELS OF AUTOPSy

Answer 15

1. Complete
2. Limited (partial)
3. Selective

Question 16

only specific organs are examined

Answer 16

Selective

Question 17

THREE LEVELS OF AUTOPSY

in which all body cavities are examined (including head/brain

Answer 17

Complete