District 9 Medical Examiner's Office - Orange County Comptroller
District 9 Medical Examiner's Office - Orange County Comptroller
District 9 Medical Examiner's Office - Orange County Comptroller
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<strong>District</strong> 9 <strong>Medical</strong><br />
Examiner’s <strong>Office</strong><br />
Serving <strong>Orange</strong> & Osceola Counties<br />
Presentation to the<br />
Board of <strong>County</strong> Commissioners<br />
June 23, 2009
<strong>District</strong> 9 <strong>Medical</strong><br />
Examiner’s <strong>Office</strong><br />
• Presentation Outline<br />
• Mandate<br />
• Workload<br />
• Workforce<br />
• New Facility
<strong>District</strong> 9 <strong>Medical</strong><br />
Examiner’s <strong>Office</strong><br />
• Chapter 406: Florida Statute<br />
In any of the following conditions…the<br />
medical examiner shall determine the<br />
cause of death and shall, for that<br />
purpose, make or have performed such<br />
examinations, investigations, and<br />
autopsies as she shall deem<br />
necessary…
<strong>District</strong> 9 <strong>Medical</strong><br />
Examiner’s <strong>Office</strong><br />
Chapter 406: Florida Statute<br />
• Of CRIMINAL VIOLENCE<br />
• BY ACCIDENT<br />
• BY SUICIDE<br />
• SUDDENLY, WHEN IN APPARENT<br />
GOOD HEALTH<br />
• UNATTENDED BY A PRACTICING<br />
PHYSICIAN
<strong>District</strong> 9 <strong>Medical</strong><br />
Examiner’s <strong>Office</strong><br />
Chapter 406: Florida Statute<br />
• IN ANY PRISON OR PENAL INSTITUTION<br />
• IN POLICE CUSTODY<br />
• IN ANY SUSPICIOUS OR UNUSUAL<br />
CIRCUMSTANCE<br />
• BY POISON<br />
• BY DISEASE CONSTITUTING A THREAT<br />
TO PUBLIC HEALTH
<strong>District</strong> 9 <strong>Medical</strong><br />
Examiner’s <strong>Office</strong><br />
Chapter 406: Florida Statute<br />
• BY DISEASE, INJURY OR TOXIC<br />
AGENT RESULTING FROM<br />
EMPLOYMENT<br />
• WHEN A BODY IS TO BE CREMATED,<br />
DISSECTED, OR BURIED AT SEA
<strong>District</strong> 9 <strong>Medical</strong><br />
Examiner’s <strong>Office</strong><br />
• Presentation Outline<br />
• Mandate<br />
• Workload<br />
• Workforce<br />
• New Facility
<strong>District</strong> 9 <strong>Medical</strong><br />
Examiner’s <strong>Office</strong><br />
MEDICAL EXAMINER<br />
Workload Comparison<br />
Year 2000 2004 2008<br />
Autopsies 833 1,014 1,202<br />
Inspections 428 477 402<br />
CRNA’s 1,153 1,071 1,208<br />
Cremations 3,635 4,326 5,024<br />
Total 6,049 6,888 7,836
<strong>District</strong> 9 <strong>Medical</strong><br />
Examiner’s <strong>Office</strong><br />
MEDICAL EXAMINER<br />
Workload Comparison<br />
Year 2000 2004 2008<br />
Natural 601 628 639<br />
Auto Accident 255 306 246<br />
Accident 196 297 338<br />
Suicide 121 147 171<br />
Homicide 82 93 182<br />
Undetermined 4 18 26<br />
Fetal 2 2 2<br />
Total 1,261 1,491 1,604
<strong>District</strong> 9 <strong>Medical</strong><br />
Examiner’s <strong>Office</strong><br />
MEDICAL EXAMINER<br />
2008 Workload Breakdown<br />
By Location of Death<br />
Location of Death<br />
Total Number Percentage<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>County</strong> 1,306 81.4 %<br />
Osceola <strong>County</strong> 298 18.6 %<br />
Total 1,604
<strong>District</strong> 9 <strong>Medical</strong><br />
Examiner’s <strong>Office</strong><br />
MEDICAL EXAMINER<br />
Breakdown of Cases in 2008<br />
Visitor Deaths in <strong>Orange</strong> and Osceola<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
Osceola <strong>County</strong><br />
Total:<br />
184 Visitor Deaths<br />
55 Visitor Deaths<br />
239 Visitor Deaths<br />
Visitor Deaths account for 14.9% of our workload
<strong>District</strong> 9 <strong>Medical</strong><br />
Examiner’s <strong>Office</strong><br />
MEDICAL EXAMINER<br />
Visitor Deaths in 2008<br />
In-State, Out of <strong>District</strong><br />
Out of State<br />
Out of Country<br />
Total:<br />
140 Deaths<br />
75 Deaths<br />
24 Deaths<br />
239 Deaths
<strong>District</strong> 9 <strong>Medical</strong><br />
Examiner’s <strong>Office</strong><br />
• Presentation Outline<br />
• Mandate<br />
• Workload<br />
• Workforce<br />
• New Facility
<strong>District</strong> 9 <strong>Medical</strong><br />
Examiner’s <strong>Office</strong><br />
Breakdown of Workforce<br />
<strong>Medical</strong> Examiners 5<br />
Medicolegal Investigators 11<br />
Forensic Technicians 5<br />
Administration 11
<strong>District</strong> 9 <strong>Medical</strong><br />
Examiner’s <strong>Office</strong><br />
• Presentation Outline<br />
• Mandate<br />
• Workload<br />
• Workforce<br />
• New Facility
<strong>District</strong> 9 <strong>Medical</strong><br />
Examiner’s <strong>Office</strong>
Viewing Room<br />
Reception/Waiting Area
Cooler
Supply Storage
Bone Storage / Paraffin<br />
& Tissue Storage Areas
Technician Workroom/<br />
X-Ray & Photography<br />
Room
Driveway
<strong>District</strong> 9 <strong>Medical</strong><br />
Examiner’s <strong>Office</strong><br />
Serving <strong>Orange</strong> & Osceola Counties<br />
Presentation to the<br />
Board of <strong>County</strong> Commissioners<br />
June 23, 2009
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