Description :
This course will cover death certification as we present best practices for determining cause of death in suspected drug-related deaths, including performing autopsy and toxicology where possible. It will also include some recommendations for when a drug-related death should be suspected based on the decedent's history and scene findings. Information on filing death certificates with an outstanding cause and/or manner of death will be provided, and at the end best practice recommendations for supplementing injury information on the death certificate will be provided.