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■ Firefighter Autopsy Protocol ■ 89 ■ I: Background ■ State/ Territory Type of System Title Deaths Investigated Contact Comment Virginia State Medical State Chief • By trauma, injury, violence, Marcella Farinelli Fierro, Examiner Medical poisoning, accident, suicide, or M.D. Examiner, homicide. State Chief Medical County/ • Suddenly when in apparent good Examiner City Medical health. Department of Health Examiner Office of the State Chief • When unattended by a Medical Examiner physician. 400 East Jackson Street • In jail, prison, other correctional Richmond, VA institution or in police custody. 23219-3694 • Suddenly as an apparent result (804) 786-3174 of fire. Fax: (804) 371-8595 Email: mfierro@vdh. • In any suspicious, unusual, or state.va.us unnatural manner. • The sudden death of any infant less than 18 months of age whose death is suspected as due to SIDS. • When the body shall be cremated or buried at sea. • Fetal death not attended by a physician. Washington Mixed: County County Coroner, • Those in which the Coroner Richard Harruff, M.D., Medical County Medical suspects that the death was Ph.D. Examiners/ Examiner unnatural, or violent, or resulted Chief Medical Examiner, Coroners from unlawful means, or from King County suspicious circumstances, or 325 Ninth Avenue HMC was of such a nature as to Box 35792 indicate the possibility of death Seattle, WA 98104 by the hand of the deceased or (206) 731-3232 through the instrumentality of Fax: (206) 731-8555 some other person. Email: richard.harruff@ • Those occurring suddenly when metrokc.gov in apparent good health and Dan Blasdel, President without medical attendance Washington Association within 36 hours preceding death. of Coroners and Medical Examiners • Those resulting from unknown or 1016 North 4th Avenue obscure causes. Pasco, WA99301 • Those occurring within 1 year (509) 546-5885 following an accident. Fax: (509)546-5812, • Those as a result of any violence page (509) 530-6906 whatsoever. Email: dblasdel@3-cities. com • Those resulting from a known or suspected abortion, whether self-induced or otherwise.
■ Firefighter Autopsy Protocol ■ 90 ■ I: Background ■ State/ Territory Type of System Title Deaths Investigated Contact Comment Washington (cont’d) • Those apparently resulting from drowning, hanging, burns, electrocution, gunshot wounds, stabs or cuts, lightning, starvation, radiation, exposure, alcoholism, narcotics or other addictions, tetanus, strangulation, suffocation, or smothering. • Those due to premature birth or stillbirth. • Those due to virulent or suspected. contagious disease which may be a public health hazard. • Those resulting from alleged rape, carnal knowledge, or sodomy. • Those occurring in a jail or prison. • Those in which a body is found dead or is not claimed by relatives or friends. • Industrial deaths when cause of death is unknown and investigation is requested by the Department of Labor and Industries. West Virginia State Medical Examiner State Chief Medical Examiner, Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, County Medical Examiner • From violence or suspected violence, or where natural disease cannot be assumed. • When unattended by a physician. • When during incarceration, protective custody, as a ward of the State, or associated with police intervention. • From disease or environmental condition which might constitute a threat to the public health. • When in any suspicious, unusual, or unnatural manner. • In deaths thought to be due to, or associated with, suspected abuse or neglect. James Kaplan, M.D. State Chief Medical Examiner State of West Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner 701 Jefferson Road South Charleston, WV 25309 (304) 558-3920 Fax: (304) 558-7886 Email: jkaplan@wvdhhr. org
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