Medical Examiner Case Paper

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The tele-care morning, report advised that Douglas Brezinski expired 2/6/2017 at 00:15 A.M. At 1:33 A.M the continuous care nurse called to notify the medical examiner's office that the patient expired. The deceased medical documentation indicated that this be presented a medical examiner case, nevertheless; the medical examiner requested a follow-up phone call this morning. Pat Dixon, TM called and spoke with Julio, ME who stated he requested a call back for he was unable to formulate a determination since the nurse had no information as to the reason the deceased was a medical examiner case. I called the primary nurse Merline Barker-White to ascertain if the deceased had recent acute falls, she stated none, initially although, later she

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