What's the Coroner mean?

[Praesul Presul]

I was wondering as this happened Monday. One of my neighbors, who I have never met, had two coroner vans and two BR City cop cars but no ambulance in their driveway at lunch Monday. Around these parts does the coroner mean homicide/suicide/death investigation or can it still be natural cause type death if they are there?

Just curious as moments later several BR boys and one deputy where chasing a man thru my yard with guns drawn. He made it to a drainage canal after jumping several fences so I don't know if they caught him.

 

[jmcrawf1]

The coroner can also commit crazy people.

 

[Praesul Presul]

Hmm did not know that............

 

[charlie12]

What neighborhood might help? With the vans I would say somebody was DOA

 

[Leadfoot]

If a person is a threat to themselves, the coroner can involuntarily commit them to a psychiatric facility.

 

[Praesul Presul]

What neighborhood might help? With the vans I would say somebody was DOA

No sure exactly due to the way the neighborhoods are pieced together in this area but close to Independence Park/State Police HQ near Tara

 

[TomTerrific]

If a person is a threat to themselves, the coroner can involuntarily commit them to a psychiatric facility.

Is this the seventy-two hour coroner's hold?

I thought it wasn't used that much any more.

 

[Leonidas]

It's still on the books. But I believe you are correct as to it being less than ordinary.

 

[CEHollier]

The coroner can also commit crazy people.

Yes he/she can.

 

[TomTerrific]

It's still on the books. But I believe you are correct as to it being less than ordinary.

We did an intervention on my late wife in 1995.

Part of the preparation was a visit to the Coroner's Office to fill out the paperwork in case a coroner's hold was appropriate, which it wasn't.

I have the idea that there is some liability doing it so it's invoked less often.

My 2¢

 

[Leonidas]

Sorry about your wife, Tom. Had to be heart wrenching.

 

[thatguy]

OPC- Order of protective custody. Coroner does them all the time. Papers go to local LE agency for pick up most of the time and they are delivered to the nearest facility.
If the person goes to an ER willingly, any doctor can do a PEC, physicians emergency commitment.
Don't know if this is what was going on, just sayin.

 

[charlie12]

Ask MEM if they can lock you up for 72 hours.

 

[Cheesy Lasagna]

OPC- Order of protective custody. Coroner does them all the time. Papers go to local LE agency for pick up most of the time and they are delivered to the nearest facility.
If the person goes to an ER willingly, any doctor can do a PEC, physicians emergency commitment.
Don't know if this is what was going on, just sayin.

Exactly right. They are quite common in New Orleans. The Coroner's office is tasked with OPCs and has several psychiatrists on staff to do just that.

 

[TomTerrific]

Sorry about your wife, Tom. Had to be heart wrenching.

Turned out she had cirrhosis and died from liver failure 3mo after the intervention.

When I quit drinking, my liver function was back to normal in six weeks. This disparity between sexes is common.

 

[Praesul Presul]

I have contacted my civic assoc to see if they know what went down..........

 

[penguin]

A CEC is a Coroner's Emergency Certificate but no one actually sees the coroner, it's just the way the law is set up as they are the 'top' medical practitioner in the goverment in that specific area. Cops pick up subject, subject goes to see a doctor, doctor does a PEC (Physician's Emergency Certificate) and then the 72 hour hold starts. At 48 hours the subject is then interviewed by a shrink (coroner's rep) who is going to do the CEC. The CEC can say to discharge or it can be a hold.

http://www.sh.lsuhsc.edu/policies/policy_manuals_via_ms_word/Nursing/P-40.pdf

PECs (72 hour hold) are done alot. It's not unicorn form.

 

[Abh3vol.firemen]

why does the corner so it?should it be someone with a pshyc degree?

 

[Storm52]

Coroner has the legal authority to start the psych eval.

 

[VeedUp]

Turned out she had cirrhosis and died from liver failure 3mo after the intervention.

When I quit drinking, my liver function was back to normal in six weeks. This disparity between sexes is common.

do you drink at all now?