How do they match: Coroners

  • 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.
  • Complete death certificates, including the assignment of cause and manner of death.
  • Confer with officials of public health and law enforcement agencies to coordinate interdepartmental activities.
  • Direct activities of workers conducting autopsies, performing pathological and toxicological analyses, and preparing documents for permanent records.
  • Inquire into the cause, manner, and circumstances of human deaths and establish the identities of deceased persons.
  • Interview persons present at death scenes to obtain information useful in determining the manner of death.

  • Coordinate logistics or other business operations.