16 Oct
2024
16 Oct
'24
7:49 p.m.
Unholy hell, no one cares about how or when or why an autopsy is performed.
Put it to rest.
On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 11:00 AM Ali via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
As for my Mom,
she had a heart attack, heart stopped , paramedics got
it restarted but she passed before she could even be loaded into the
ambulance. It took about 7 minutes from call to ambulance arriving.
The death certificate said she died of a heart attack, which she was on
medication for. I don’t think a full autopsy was performed, just a
toxicology. They can tell some things from just tox and blood tests.
I would be surprised if they even did a toxicology. The manner of death
was pretty clear. The receiving physician would have declared her DOA
either on arrival over the phone and the manner of death would be recorded
as such.
Another oddity, is that when you sell your house, at least here in
California, there is a check box on the realtor form asking if someone
died in the house.
This is accurate. It is mostly aimed at people who died in a violent crime
but of course applies to everyone. I think it stems from a case where
someone was killed in their home, the home was sold, and the perpetrators
came back not knowing the home was sold and then attacked the new owners by
mistake. But don't quote me on that.
-Ali