Episode 19: How Is A Cause Of Death Determined? - has Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Diane Peterson, detailing the process for finding a cause of death.
Episode Summary:
This episode of the Simple Questions Podcast features a discussion between Dylan Carnahan and Dr. Diane Peterson, the Chief Medical Examiner of the Johnson County Medical Examiner's Office (MEO). As a graduate of the University of Kansas School of Medicine with a degree in forensic pathology, Dr. Peterson has served as a Chief Medical Examiner for 12 years, beginning at Jackson County, and now working in the same capacity at Johnson County's MEO.
Listen as Dr. Peterson details the circumstances for a person's death to be reviewed, the process of performing an autopsy, and how a person's death is investigated.
In this episode we discuss:
- 00:00 - Dresser Drawers by Tracer Heights (Apple & Spotify)
- 01:22 - Introducing Dr. Diane Peterson
- 05:55 - The Job of a Medical Examiner
- 10:15 - Areas of Science Needed
- 12:43 - Reasons for a Death to be Reviewed
- 14:09 - Autopsies
- 18:31 - Death Investigation
- 25:32 - Decomposition Process
- 28:37 - Exhuming a Body
- 30:53 - Time of Death
- 34:25 - Decompressing
- 37:23 - Communication with Families
- 42:48 - Closing Remarks
- 43:41 - Conclusion and Information
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