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This Episode is part 2 of last weeks conversation about medical errors being the third leading cause of death in the United States. This week I set down with medical expert Shawn Parcells of National Autopsy Serivices and discussed a…
Medical error has been defined as an unintended act (either of omission or commission) or one that does not achieve its intended outcome,3 the failure of a planned action to be completed as intended (an error of execution), the use…
In the real world, not everything goes well, not everyone is happy, there is always bad news as well as good, troubled waters as well as smooth. Very few investigators fail because of their inability to deal with success. Typically, failure…
“Our medicolegal death investigators are 50 percent detectives and the other 50 percent of the job they’re social workers. In one minute they’re investigating a horrific homicide and the next minute they’re notifying the family members of the victim of…
In this episode I talk with a mother of who’s son died in a car accident. She shares what happened the night she was notified and what she remembers. This episode is real and depicts real life after loosing a…
Nursing home residents comprise a large and rapidly growing segment of the national population. Despite this fact, the majority of deaths occurring in nursing homes are not investigated because of the significant medical illnesses suffered by most residents. In some…
Violent crime increased 3.9 percent last year, and appear to be on the same upward trend in 2016. Murder and non-negligent manslaughter surged 10.8 percent in 2015, according to the FBI analysis collected by the Uniform Crime Reporting Program. The…
Evidence in infant and child death cases is many times very different than in older children and adult deaths, infants die differently than adults, in most cases; so the evidence surrounding their death will be different. Understanding what is potential evidence is…
The basic theory behind footwear and tire track analysis is that, much like fingerprints, shoes and tires may leave behind either prints (referred to as “imprints”) or impressions that can be examined by investigators. The type of evidence left behind…
The burden of dealing with tragedies associated with the day-to-day duties of police officers, coroners, and medicolegal death investigators, often remains unspoken and follows the officers into their off-duty and personal lives. Failure to recognize and provide an acceptable outlet…
