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■ Firefighter Autopsy Protocol ■ 135 ■ I: Background ■ NIOSH REP. # F2002-43 Oct 09, 2002 F2002-42 Jun 13, 2002 F2002-41 Sep 23, 2002 F2002-40 Sep 14, 2002 F2002-39 Sep 05, 2002 F2002-38 Jul 01, 2002 F2002-37 Aug 01, 2002 F2002-36 Aug 08, 2002 F2002-35 Jun 08, 2002 DATE OF INCIDENT Title CAUSE OF DEATH AUTOPSY AUTOPSY COMMENTS Firefighter dies after collapse at apartment building fire—kentucky Emergency medical technician killed in single-vehicle crash while responding to structure fire—North Carolina Career firefighter dies in tanker rollover—North Carolina Career firefighter dies after roof collapse following roof ventilation—Iowa Junior volunteer firefighter dies in tanker rollover—Tennessee Volunteer captain killed, two firefighters and police officer injured when struck by motor vehicle at highway incident—Minnesota Volunteer firefighter dies during wildland fire suppression—South Dakota Volunteer firefighter dies after being run over by brush truck during grass fire attack—Texas Offduty career firefighter dies and another offduty career firefighter is injured after being struck by a truck while assisting at a highway traffic incident—Florida Ventricular tachyarrhythmia Blunt-force trauma to the head and neck Fractured neck due to motor-vehicle incident Smoke inhalation, intra-alveolar hemorrhage, and carbon monoxide intoxication Massive head and chest trauma Multiple blunt-force trauma Second- and thirddegree burns over 70 percent of the body Craniofacial crush injuries due to a fall from moving vehicle with a secondary run-over Multiple blunt-force injuries with compound fractures of the skull No Perform an autopsy on all onduty firefighter fatalities Not mentioned None Not mentioned None Yes Carboxyhemoglobin level, 30.3% Not mentioned None Not mentioned None Not mentioned None Not mentioned None Not mentioned None PDF LINK
■ Firefighter Autopsy Protocol ■ 136 ■ I: Background ■ NIOSH REP. # F2002-34 Jul 30, 2002 F2002-33 Jan 31, 2002 F2002-32 Jul 04, 2002 F2002-31 Jul 05, 2002 F2002-30 Jan 21, 2002 F2002-28 Apr 27, 2002 F2002-27 May 16, 2001 DATE OF INCIDENT Title CAUSE OF DEATH AUTOPSY AUTOPSY COMMENTS Career lieutenant and firefighter die in a flashover during a live-fire training evolution—Florida Firefighter dies during night at fire station—North Carolina Structural collapse at residential fire claims lives of two volunteer fire chiefs and one career firefighter—New Jersey Volunteer firefighter dies due to inadvertent fireworks discharge—North Dakota Firefighter suffers probable heart attack at condominium fire—South Carolina Firefighter dies after leaving fire station—Pennsylvania Firefighter dies during the night at fire station—Missouri Smoke inhalation and thermal injuries Not mentioned None Ischemic heart disease Yes • Severe three-vessel atherosclerotic disease • Microscopic examination of one section of the heart reveals multiple small areas of fibrosis. But there is otherwise no evidence of acute or old infarction • A normal sized heart Fixed compression Yes None Blunt-force injuries of the chest and left upper extremity due to fireworks discharge Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease Not mentioned None Yes • Ischemic fibrosis with scarring, consistent with an remote, healed heart attack (infarct) • Coronary atherosclerosis • Aortic atherosclerosis with ulcerating plaques • A large heart (500 grams) Sudden cardiac death No Perform autopsies on all on-duty firefighter fatalities Asphyxiation due to probable seizure No Perform an autopsy on all deceased firefighters PDF LINK
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