Coroner
- Solve mysteries of life and death through scientific investigation and analysis.
- Provide crucial insights into unexplained deaths, impacting justice and closure.
- Uncover hidden stories of the deceased, piecing together their final moments.
💰 Earn $64K-$114K
📚 Associate Degree
Overview
Direct activities such as autopsies, pathological and toxicological analyses, and inquests relating to the investigation of deaths occurring within a legal jurisdiction to determine cause of death or to fix responsibility for accidental, violent, or unexplained deaths.Scoop
Excellent (Increasing by 5% or more)
Day-to-Day
- Perform medicolegal examinations and autopsies, conducting preliminary examinations of the body to identify victims, locate signs of trauma, and identify factors that would indicate time of death.
- Inquire into the cause, manner, and circumstances of human deaths and establish the identities of deceased persons.
- Complete death certificates, including the assignment of cause and manner of death.
- Collect and document any pertinent medical history information.
- Arrange for the next of kin to be notified of deaths.
Best For You If...
YOU Like 💕
- Using data or completing tasks
- Working with my hands
- Thinking and problem solving
You are skilled in 💫
- Critical Thinking
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Mathematics
You value 🙏
- Having support
- Accomplishing things
- Having freedom
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Coroner
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