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■ Firefighter Autopsy Protocol ■ 127 ■ I: Background ■ NIOSH REP. # F2003-23 Jun 26, 2003 F2003-22 Dec 13, 2002 F2003-21 Feb 12, 2003 F2003-20 May 22, 2003 F2003-19 Jun 16, 2003 F2003-18 Jun 15, 2003 F2003-17 May 18, 2003 DATE OF INCIDENT Title CAUSE OF DEATH AUTOPSY AUTOPSY COMMENTS Volunteer assistant chief dies in tanker rollover—New Mexico Volunteer firefighter suffers sudden cardiac death after completing emergency medical technician (emt) written examination—Texas Firefighter recruit suffers sudden cardiac death during physical ability training—Texas Junior volunteer firefighter is killed while responding to a brush fire with an intoxicated driver—Wyoming Volunteer firefighter killed after his privately owned vehicle hydroplaned and struck a billboard signpost—kentucky Partial roof collapse in commercial structure fire claims the lives of two career firefighters—Tennessee Volunteer training/Safety officer dies from injuries received in fall from pickup truck following training exercise—Tennessee Multiple injuries consistent with a rollover motor vehicle crash Acute myocardial infarction Cardiac hypertrophy, “biventricular dilatation and cardiomegaly Not mentioned None No Perform autopsies on all on-duty firefighter fatalities Yes • Cardiac hypertrophy • Biventricular and right atrial dilatation • Cardiomegaly (an enlarged heart) weighing 440 grams • The coronary arteries are free of atherosclerosis • The cardiac valves are unremarkable • No blood clots in the pulmonary vessels, therefore no evidence of a pulmonary embolus Massive trauma Not mentioned None Massive head and chest trauma Victim #1: thermal burns. Victim #2: thermal inhalation injury Blunt-force injury to the head Not mentioned None Not mentioned None Not mentioned None PDF LINK
■ Firefighter Autopsy Protocol ■ 128 ■ I: Background ■ NIOSH REP. # F2003-16 Feb 23, 2003 F2003-15 Apr 03, 2003 F2003-14 Mar 19, 2003 F2003-13 Mar 18, 2003 F2003-12 Mar 31, 2003 F2003-11 Feb 07, 2001 DATE OF INCIDENT Title CAUSE OF DEATH AUTOPSY AUTOPSY COMMENTS Volunteer fire police captain dies from injury-related complications after being struck by motor vehicle while directing traffic—New Jersey Volunteer firefighter dies in tanker rollover—Ohio Volunteer captain killed in fire apparatus crash while responding to a training exercise—Oregon Volunteer firefighter killed while walking across an interstate highway responding to a motor vehicle incident—Texas Career firefighter dies and two career firefighters injured in a flashover during a house fire—Ohio Firefighter collapses and dies at the scene of residential fire—Florida Severe pneumonia as a consequence of complications due to a pedestrian motor vehicle accident Not mentioned None Compressive asphyxia Not mentioned None Positional asphyxiation Not mentioned None Severe craniocerebal injuries Severe third degree burns Hypertensive and arteriosclerotic heart disease Yes None Not mentioned None Yes • Enlarged heart (concentric left ventricular hypertrophy) • Coronary atherosclerosis • Four-vessel bypass • Pulmonary edema • Cerebral edema His blood carboxyhemoglobin level was not checked PDF LINK
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