[The unusual cause of death--a special assignment for the doctor in emergency service].
The emergeny physician summoned to a sudden, unexpected death is confronted by various uncommon problems such as the certification of death on the "frontline" without destroying important evidence, the estimation of time since death, deciding whether the death must be reported to the authorities as well as taking care of mourning relatives. To all this questions the authors offer answers and practical advices.
Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universität Bern, Bern. zollinger@irm.unibe.ch
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D000208:Acute Disease; D002423:Cause of Death; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D003644:Death Certificates / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004630:Emergencies; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D049429:Forensic Pathology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D013557:Switzerland