Hi,
I've got a WIP where a van crashes at an intersection - t-boning the side of a car. It's supernatural, so the two in the van were actually killed immediately before the crash but it's only discovered later that the injuries sustained in the collision were all post mortem. (And no, they don't come back to life or anything, but they are killed by supernatural means - their life 'force' is literally sucked right out of them.)
In many newspaper articles, there are things like 'declared dead at the scene by paramedics.' I get that a lot of the 'official' business such as issuing death certificates and so on are dealt with later by the appropriate authorities and in a triage scenario, your priority is the severely injured one you know is still alive.
What I'm wondering is, what is the approximate amount of time that it takes to determine death, starting with, say, the paramedic climbing into the back of the van where the body is lying?
Thanks.
I've got a WIP where a van crashes at an intersection - t-boning the side of a car. It's supernatural, so the two in the van were actually killed immediately before the crash but it's only discovered later that the injuries sustained in the collision were all post mortem. (And no, they don't come back to life or anything, but they are killed by supernatural means - their life 'force' is literally sucked right out of them.)
In many newspaper articles, there are things like 'declared dead at the scene by paramedics.' I get that a lot of the 'official' business such as issuing death certificates and so on are dealt with later by the appropriate authorities and in a triage scenario, your priority is the severely injured one you know is still alive.
What I'm wondering is, what is the approximate amount of time that it takes to determine death, starting with, say, the paramedic climbing into the back of the van where the body is lying?
Thanks.
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