A nurse is on duty in the emergency department when a patient is brought in who has died almost immediately after admission. The family states that the patient has had no history of medical problems and that no apparent reason for death is known
What should occur in this sit-uation? a. The police must be notified.
b. The family may choose to have an autopsy performed.
c. An autopsy is required by law, and the coroner or medical examiner must be no-tified.
d. The body must be held at the hospital for 24 hours.
C
Under law, in most states, an autopsy is required if a person expires by suicide, homicide, within 24 hours of admission to a health care facility, or from unknown causes.
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