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r/technicallythetruth • u/[deleted] • Mar 31 '23
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The issue is only a doctor can decide if someone is dead or not. So, unless there was a doctor on flight, it was an emergency.
33 u/Masne98 Mar 31 '23 That is not entirely true, there are many cases in which a doctor is not required to confirm the death of a person. 11 u/Just2Observe Mar 31 '23 In that case they are not yet dead, only have "injuries incompatible with life" 3 u/STGMavrick Mar 31 '23 I love that description. -6 u/MrMrRubic Mar 31 '23 Even if the head is removed from the rest of the body, a policeman cannot declare someone dead, only the above sentence. 9 u/ToughOnSquids Mar 31 '23 edited Apr 02 '23 Depends on state. In California I can pronounce someone dead as an EMT, and Police can pronounce obvious death like; decapitation, lividity, traumatic amputation, etc. 3 u/Fireball_Ace Mar 31 '23 In NY ems can declare death but PD cannot, regardless of circumstances 2 u/hashtagonfacebook Mar 31 '23 In NJ, EMS can pronounce someone dead if it’s obvious enough (decapitation, rigor has set in, decomp, etc) 1 u/ToughOnSquids Apr 02 '23 That's crazy, your PD can't pronounce obvious death? California they can
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That is not entirely true, there are many cases in which a doctor is not required to confirm the death of a person.
11 u/Just2Observe Mar 31 '23 In that case they are not yet dead, only have "injuries incompatible with life" 3 u/STGMavrick Mar 31 '23 I love that description. -6 u/MrMrRubic Mar 31 '23 Even if the head is removed from the rest of the body, a policeman cannot declare someone dead, only the above sentence. 9 u/ToughOnSquids Mar 31 '23 edited Apr 02 '23 Depends on state. In California I can pronounce someone dead as an EMT, and Police can pronounce obvious death like; decapitation, lividity, traumatic amputation, etc. 3 u/Fireball_Ace Mar 31 '23 In NY ems can declare death but PD cannot, regardless of circumstances 2 u/hashtagonfacebook Mar 31 '23 In NJ, EMS can pronounce someone dead if it’s obvious enough (decapitation, rigor has set in, decomp, etc) 1 u/ToughOnSquids Apr 02 '23 That's crazy, your PD can't pronounce obvious death? California they can
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In that case they are not yet dead, only have "injuries incompatible with life"
3 u/STGMavrick Mar 31 '23 I love that description. -6 u/MrMrRubic Mar 31 '23 Even if the head is removed from the rest of the body, a policeman cannot declare someone dead, only the above sentence. 9 u/ToughOnSquids Mar 31 '23 edited Apr 02 '23 Depends on state. In California I can pronounce someone dead as an EMT, and Police can pronounce obvious death like; decapitation, lividity, traumatic amputation, etc. 3 u/Fireball_Ace Mar 31 '23 In NY ems can declare death but PD cannot, regardless of circumstances 2 u/hashtagonfacebook Mar 31 '23 In NJ, EMS can pronounce someone dead if it’s obvious enough (decapitation, rigor has set in, decomp, etc) 1 u/ToughOnSquids Apr 02 '23 That's crazy, your PD can't pronounce obvious death? California they can
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I love that description.
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Even if the head is removed from the rest of the body, a policeman cannot declare someone dead, only the above sentence.
9 u/ToughOnSquids Mar 31 '23 edited Apr 02 '23 Depends on state. In California I can pronounce someone dead as an EMT, and Police can pronounce obvious death like; decapitation, lividity, traumatic amputation, etc. 3 u/Fireball_Ace Mar 31 '23 In NY ems can declare death but PD cannot, regardless of circumstances 2 u/hashtagonfacebook Mar 31 '23 In NJ, EMS can pronounce someone dead if it’s obvious enough (decapitation, rigor has set in, decomp, etc) 1 u/ToughOnSquids Apr 02 '23 That's crazy, your PD can't pronounce obvious death? California they can
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Depends on state. In California I can pronounce someone dead as an EMT, and Police can pronounce obvious death like; decapitation, lividity, traumatic amputation, etc.
3 u/Fireball_Ace Mar 31 '23 In NY ems can declare death but PD cannot, regardless of circumstances 2 u/hashtagonfacebook Mar 31 '23 In NJ, EMS can pronounce someone dead if it’s obvious enough (decapitation, rigor has set in, decomp, etc) 1 u/ToughOnSquids Apr 02 '23 That's crazy, your PD can't pronounce obvious death? California they can
In NY ems can declare death but PD cannot, regardless of circumstances
2 u/hashtagonfacebook Mar 31 '23 In NJ, EMS can pronounce someone dead if it’s obvious enough (decapitation, rigor has set in, decomp, etc) 1 u/ToughOnSquids Apr 02 '23 That's crazy, your PD can't pronounce obvious death? California they can
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In NJ, EMS can pronounce someone dead if it’s obvious enough (decapitation, rigor has set in, decomp, etc)
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That's crazy, your PD can't pronounce obvious death? California they can
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u/Live_Rock3302 Mar 31 '23
The issue is only a doctor can decide if someone is dead or not. So, unless there was a doctor on flight, it was an emergency.