Offered by Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Northwest AHEC
This activity is meant to inform and educate partners and learners in the medicolegal death investigation field about the North Carolina Medical Examiner’s system and its role in death investigations. Topics covered will include recent changes in the practice and guidelines for the North Carolina Medical Examiner’s system as well as current trends in cause and manner of death within the state. Also discussed will be public health implications of these investigations, differentiation of sharp and blunt force injuries, medical examiner jurisdiction, documentation of findings and appropriate scene investigation techniques and documentation.
Objectives
- Describe recent legislative changes and changes in practice guidelines for the North Carolina Medical Examiner’s system.
- Cite current trends in cause and manner of death in North Carolina enabling better communicates with our stakeholders.
- Identify and document blunt force and sharp force injuries.
- Describe the appropriate public health implications of the medical examiner system including appropriate mandatory reporting guidelines and be able to communicate with appropriate stakeholders.
- Differentiate between those cases which fall under the jurisdiction of the North Carolina Medical Examiner system and those which do not.
- Provide accurate documentation of medicolegal death investigations and external examinations.
- Perform on site scene investigations along with other agencies and provide accurate and timely documentation of these activities.
Speakers
- Michelle Aurelius, MD, Chief Medical Examiner
- Mark A Giffen, DO, Assistant Professor
- Sean M Reid, BS, D-ABMDI
Audience
This activity is designed for county medical examiners and their investigators, nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians, pathologist assistants, paramedics, law enforcement, attorneys, forensic scientists, students in criminal justice programs, emergency medical technicians, laboratory/ medical technicians and all others interested in updating their knowledge of forensic pathology.