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"The crowner hath sat on her and finds it Christian burial." [Hamlet]

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

" The ideal is a fully funded Medical Examiner's department when the incumbent or staff are board-certified Forensic Pathologists. Regardless, there are an insufficient number of qualified forensic pathologists to assume office everywhere. After the death is reported, the Coroner will attempt to identify the decedent.

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Ballistic Follies

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

In short, describe the simple appearance of wounds and findings, and the body’s response, without any forensic conclusions. If you think your patient is the perpetrator, he may well be an innocent, or even an off-duty or undercover officer. Photograph whenever possible. Do not compromise your care. By John Fund.