Warm Up

Friday|December 9, 2016
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Flashback: What is Locards Exchange Principle?

Flashback: Which crime scene personnel deals with
the dead body?
What is death?
What about death, autopsy, and forensics would you
like to know about?

SATWOTD

Blunderbuss

A clumsy person

Agenda
Warm Up/SATWOTD
Permission Slips

Unit 6: Dead On Arrival

An introduction

Numb3rs episode

U6: Dead on Arrival

An Introduction

WARNING: Some of the content in this unit is graphic

and may be upsetting to some students. Discretion is
advised.

Think about it
The Mysterious Death at the Fair

Answer the following questions on sheet of paper:

How would you define manner of death, cause of death and

mechanism of death?
What other descriptions or adjectives could be used for manner
of death, cause of death and mechanism of death?

Essential Vocabulary
Death: the cessation, or end, of life
Cause of Death: the immediate

reason for a persons death

Manner of Death: One of four

means by which someone dies

natural causes, homicide, suicide,
accidental death

Mechanism of Death: the specific

body failure that leads to death

Numb3rs
Agents must stop an organ trafficking
ring when they discover a young
immigrant girl died while selling one of
her kidneys.
A peek into Blood Analysis
On a separate sheet of paper write
the manners, mechanisms, and
causes of death presented in this
show.

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Tuesday| December 13, 2016
1. Define what mechanisms, manner, and causes of death.
2. What is the CSI effect?
3. What is the most common fingerprint type?
4. A white substance resembling cocaine would go to which lab?
5. What happens to evidence once it has been found?
a. it is sealed in an airtight container, labeled, recorded, and
sent to the lab
b. destroyed or thrown away
c. taken straight to the lab and labeled there
d. police collect it and bag it for the CSI's to take back to the
lab

SATWOTD

Evince (v.)
to show,
reveal

SpongeBobs nail-biting evince how nervous he

is about his upcoming driving test.

Agenda
Agenda
Warm Up/SATWOTD
U5: Dead on Arrival
Intro Notes
Data Tracking

Turn in:
Permission
Slips =
Wednesday
Turn in
Progress
Reports

U5: Dead On Arrival

Essential Questions
1. What is forensic pathology?

2. What is death?
Cause of Death
Manner of Death

Essential Vocabulary
Death: the cessation, or end, of life
Cause of Death: the immediate

reason for a persons death

Manner of Death: One of four

means by which someone dies

natural causes, homicide, suicide,
accidental death

Mechanism of Death: the specific

body failure that leads to death

What does the phrase

saved by the bell mean?

Necessary Systems of Life

What bodily systems do you need to live?
Respiratory system

Circulatory system
Central nervous system

Failure of any of these systems will result in death.

Q: What is Death?
Clinical death
a.
b.
c.

No breathing
No detectable heartbeat
No detectable neurological
function
ALL three must be absent

When the heartbeat stops, a person

is suffering clinical death.

Consciousness is not lost until 15-20

seconds later.
a person doesn't feel anything
about the critical situation
Did you know
some organs can SURVIVE clinical
death for a period of time
which organ suffers the
most damage if there is
no blood circulation?
detached limbs can be reattached
even after 6 hours of NO blood
circulation

Q: What is Death?

Most tissues and organs of the body can survive clinical death for
considerable periods.

Detached limbs may be successfully reattached after 6 hours of no

blood circulation at warm temperatures.
Bone, tendon, and skin can survive as long as 8 to 12 hours.

Without special treatment after circulation is restarted, full recovery

of the brain after more than 3 minutes of clinical death is rare

Q: What is Death?
Legal death
Complete absence of

neurological function
Individuals can be kept alive

with the use of respirators

Declared dead even though
heart may still be beating
Not the same as a vegetative
state

CFU!
1. What is the difference clinical and legal
death?
2. If an individual has been clinically dead
for 5 min, is it possible for them to
survive?
3. What is the difference between brain
death and vegetative state?

Q: What is Death?
Death is a process rather than
an instant event
1st Stage = Stoppage

Heart stops no oxygen

nerves, muscles, organs and

brain stop
Cells die they break down
(autolysis)
Irreversible process

Q: What is Forensic Pathology?

Forensic Pathology is a subspecialty of

pathology that focuses on

determining the cause of death by
examining a corpse

Q: What is a Forensic Autopsy?

A forensic autopsy applies

science to legal law.

An autopsy is a post

mortem examination
performed on a corpse.
'auto-' = 'self
autopsy = 'to see for

oneself.

Q: What is a Forensic Autopsy?

Performed in all cases of suspicious, unnatural

or questionable death
When the cause of death of a victim may be a

criminal or involve foul play.

Purpose = identify three elements of a crime

Cause of death
Mechanism of death
Manner of death

Data Tracking :)
1. Grab a folder and data tracker
2. Fill out the data tracker
3. Put completed tracker and exam in
folder and return to front of classroom

The New Detectives:

Coroners Investigation

Warm Up
#Mystery | December 14, 2016

Riddles are at your

tables (picture goes with #4)
Happy Solving :)

Warm Up
#MysteryMonday | December 14, 2016
The Math Teacher (who gives out grades

on the first day of class?)

McLaughlin
Alice (The number in front of the month's

name in the note actually points towards

the position of a particular letter in every
month.)

SATWOTD

Serendipity (n.)
Good
fortune;
Luck
In an amazing bit of serendipity, penniless Paula
found a $20 bill in the subway station

Agenda
Warm Up/SATWOTD
Permission slips & Progress Reports!!
U5: Dead on Arrival
Notes: Coroner, Pathologist, Medical
Examiner
Video: The New Detectives: Coroners
Investigation (Video)
Virtual Autopsy Lab

Death Personnel
U5: Dead on Arrival

Q: Types of Autopsies?
Medical autopsy = cause of death is usually pretty

well known: cancer, liver failure, heart failure, etc.

Generally based on a large body of evidence from

hospital and doctors' records to family recollections.

Forensic autopsy = very little (if any) past

information is known
The examiner must try to develop as complete a

picture of how this victim died (any evidence,

including trace evidence that may be found on the
victim's clothing, belongings, and on the body itself)

Q: Who Performs Forensic Autopsies?

Usually performed by a specialized professional
Coroner
Medical Examiner
Forensic Pathologist

Q: Who Performs Forensic Autopsies?

Coroner
An elected government official who is trained in investigating
deaths but may not have a medical degree
Responsibilities:
Investigates crime scene for evidence
Moves body to morgue
Prepares death certificates
Oversees autopsy
Notifies the next of kin
Collects and returns any personal belongings on the body to
the family of the deceased

Q: Who Performs Forensic Autopsies?

Medical Examiner
Licensed physician

Appointed by the governor

of a state to investigate
deaths that appear to be of
a violent, suspicious or
unnatural nature
Responsibilities:
Carries out autopsy
Signs the death certificate

Q: Who Performs Forensic Autopsies?

Pathologist
Responsibilities:
Diagnose disease and injury by the gross and

microscopic examination of tissue specimens:

Biopsies, organs, pap smears, bone marrow aspirates,

blood smears

The Medical Examiner and Pathologist may be the

same person, depending on the lab.

 Its a forensic death investigators job to

Look outside the box and find the true
cause of death
Help piece together a crime
Act as an expert witness in court
Its like putting together the pieces of a

puzzle

Virtual Autopsy Activity

Now that we are a little more familiar

with cause, manner and mechanisms of

death, its time to put your skills to work.
For this activity, you will complete 2

cases

The New Detectives:

Coroners Investigation

30 min

Homework: Due 12/16

Read Ch. 11

pg. 1-8 (308-315)

Answer reading questions 1-10

Due 12/16 at the

BEGINNING of class

Warm Up
Thursday| December 15, 2016

What is the difference between clinical and legal death?

Define cause, manner and mechanism of death in your own words

Draw a t-chart. Describe a coroner and medical examiner

A man with a heart condition is attacked. He dies from a heart
attack during the assault. What is the likely cause, manner and
mechanism of his death?
An elderly woman dies after being kept from receiving proper
health care by her son. Do you think the manner of death natural or
homicide?

SATWOTD

Cantankerous

Bad-tempered; quarrelsome

Agenda

Warm Up/SATWOTD

Turn in: Progress Reports, Permission Slips

Ch. 11 Reading Questions Due: Friday 12/16

U5: Dead On Arrival

Notes: Cause, Manner, Mechanism
Virtual Autopsy Activity
Final Project

Cause, Manner, Mechanism

An Autopsy Can Reveal

1. Cause of Death

2. Manner of Death
3. Mechanism of Death

Manner of Death
Actually 5 different categories:
Natural
Accidental
Homicide
Suicide
** Unknown **

Natural Death
When the body ceases to

function of its own accord

The majority of natural

death is caused by old age.

Other causes
Heart disease
Terminal illness
Stroke
Genetic disorders

Accidental Death
Often caused by

mistake or in a freak
occurrence.
Deaths are not

planned yet can be

explained by
surrounding
circumstances.

Accidental Death

Involuntary Manslaughter: the

unlawful killing of a human being
without malice or intent
Ex. Jarvis killed wife Donna

Misadventure: victim died by

accident while doing something they
should not have been doing or taking
risks that would put them in mortal
danger

In a scene straight out of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but with
grim real life consequences, Vincent Smith II, an employee at the Cocoa
Services Inc. chocolate factory in Camden, New Jersey, had a fatal
accident. He was loading chunks of raw chocolate, when he slipped and
fell into a large melting tank filled with 50C (120F) Hershey's
chocolate, and was knocked out by one of the mixing paddles. Smith
was trapped in the melting tank for 10 minutes before rescuers were
able to extract him. He was declared dead a short time later.

Homicidal Death
The act of killing

another person
Homicide is often

the most
investigated
death, therefore
making it the most
autopsied.

Homicidal Death

Infanticide: Killing of an infant

Fratricide: Killing of one's

brother; in a military context,
killing of a friendly combatant

Matricide: Killing of one's

mother

Mariticide: Killing of one's

spouse

Uxoricide: Killing of one's wife

Filicide: Killing of one's child

Genocide: Killing of a national,

ethnic, racial or religious group

Sororicide: Killing of one's

sister

Parricide: Killing of one's

parents

Patricide: Killing of one's

father

Suicidal Death
The act of ending ones

own life
Deliberate,
Self-inflicted

Can sometimes be

confused with
accidental death

Unknown Death
In some jurisdictions, the
Undetermined/Other
category may include

Deaths in absentia, such as

deaths at sea

Missing persons declared

dead in a court of law

An Autopsy Can Reveal

1. Cause of Death

2. Manner of Death
3. Mechanism of Death

Mechanism of death
The specific physiological changes in the body that brought

about the cessation of life

Example 1: If the cause of death was a shooting
The mechanism could be loss of blood or cessation of brain
function
Example 2: If the cause of death was massive trauma from a car
accident
The mechanism could be pulmonary arrest (lungs stopped
working)
Example 3: If the cause of death is a drug overdose
The mechanism could be cardiac arrhythmia (change in the
heart rate)

Virtual Pathology Activity

Now that we are a little more familiar with cause, manner and
mechanisms of death, its time to put your skills to work.
For this activity, you will complete 2 more cases
TOTAL- 4 cases (40 points formal lab grade)
If you finish early work on
homework due Friday