It was my first day on the Colorado doctor’s ski patrol and lethal hypothermia was the last thing on my mind as I floated down a perfect powder run. “Code blue, bottom of Rabbit Run,” said a voice on my radio. “Code blue; doc we need you now.” A skier lay unconscious, not breathing, no…
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Should county coroners be responsible for unclaimed bodies at nursing homes?
Should coroners be responsible for unclaimed bodies at nursing homes?
2023 update on xylazine, a not-so-new drug of abuse
The Chester County Coroner’s office recently hosted a 2023 update on xylazine for law enforcement, first responders, emergency medical providers, and medicolegal death investigators. DEA and FBI agents, Penn Medicine and Cooper University Hospital experts, forensic toxicologist Dr. Sherry Kacinko from NMS Labs, and deputies from Chester County Drug and Alcohol Services and Coroner’s Office…