MEDICAL EXAMINER’S RESPONSIBILITIES
§Identify the deceased
§Establish the time and date of death
§Determine a medical cause of death—the injury or disease that resulted in the person dying
§Determine the mechanism of death—the physiological reason that the person died
§Classify the manner of death
§Natural
§Accidental
§Suicide
§Homicide
§Undetermined
§Notify the next of kin