Tag: death certificate

Notify medical examiner in cases of: Accident (including traffic) This includes accidents that happened years prior to death but that contributed to cause of death. Example: Patient who had an MVA years ago leading to quadriplegia and chronic need for mechanical ventilation who dies 2/2 ventilator associated pneumonia. Suicide Homicide Complication of medical procedure/intervention Suspected injury Unknown sequence of events leading to death When stating cause of death you can give the immediate cause of death but should also include … Continue reading “Cause of Death for Certificatation”