Episode 19: How Is A Cause Of Death Determined? - has Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Diane Peterson, detailing the process for finding a cause of death.

Episode Summary:

This episode of the Simple Questions Podcast features a discussion between Dylan Carnahan and Dr. Diane Peterson, the Chief Medical Examiner of the Johnson County Medical Examiner's Office (MEO). As a graduate of the University of Kansas School of Medicine with a degree in forensic pathology, Dr. Peterson has served as a Chief Medical Examiner for 12 years, beginning at Jackson County, and now working in the same capacity at Johnson County's MEO.

Listen as Dr. Peterson details the circumstances for a person's death to be reviewed, the process of performing an autopsy, and how a person's death is investigated.

In this episode we discuss:

• 00:00 - Dresser Drawers by Tracer Heights (Apple & Spotify)
• 01:22 - Introducing Dr. Diane Peterson
• 05:55 - The Job of a Medical Examiner
• 10:15 - Areas of Science Needed
• 12:43 - Reasons for a Death to be Reviewed
• 14:09 - Autopsies
• 18:31 - Death Investigation
• 25:32 - Decomposition Process
• 28:37 - Exhuming a Body
• 30:53 - Time of Death
• 34:25 - Decompressing
• 37:23 - Communication with Families
• 42:48 - Closing Remarks
• 43:41 - Conclusion and Information

Resources:

• Johnson County Medical Examiner’s Office