Funeral Management 2- lesson 7

You have taken a death call for Chester Brown. When taking the death call, his wife, Charlene, informs you that Chester is a pre-registered donor to the University of Cincinnati. She would like to have a small amount of time to see him at the funeral home prior to be transported to CCMS for anatomical donation. Mrs. Brown also informs your that she plans on inurning his cremated remains in the family niche in Decator, Illinois. What should be listed on the death certificate as Chester's method of disposition?

Anatomical Donation

Physicians that are responsible for the care of, or who were on-duty, when a person dies are called:

Attending Physician

What date was the Social Security Act signed?

August 14, 1935

A death certificate that can be used for things such as: title transfers, closing financial accounts and life insurance are called:

Certified Death Certificate

Physicians that will essentially certify or sign for a death that are often hospital or nursing home administrators are called:

Certifying Physician

All of the following may sign a death certificate, except:

Emergency Room Physicians

Which of the following the biggest key trait to display in pre-need arrangments?

Engagement

The spontaneous intrauterine death at anytime during pregnancy is called:

Fetal Death

Which of the following U.S. presidents signed the Social Security Act?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Which of the following is considered a manner of death? I. Natural II. Myocardial Infarction III. Melanoma IV. Suicide

I and IV only

How many weeks of pregnancy and/or birth weight do most states report fetal deaths? I. 28 weeks II. 350 grams III. 20 weeks IV. 450 grams

II and III only

Which of the following are considered causes of death? I. Homicide II. Exsanguination III. Blunt force trauma IV. Accidental

II and III only

Social Security benefits are determined by:

Quarters of coverage

The form number for "Statement of Death by Funeral Director" is:

SSA 721

The form number for the application for Social Security Lump Sum Benefit is:

SSA-8

You are taking a death call from Good Samaritan Hospital for an infant death. Through discussion with the nursing supervisor, you find out that Baby Smith, lived for 10 seconds after being born. What type of death certificate should be filed for Baby Smith?

Standard Death Certificate

Which of the following death certificates are issued when all toxicology and autopsy results are final?

Supplemental Death Certificate

You are meeting with the family of Edith Winters, who made a guaranteed preneed arrangements with you 5 years prior to her death. Edith purchased burial insurance and payed in a single payment. While meeting with her family to finalize the arrangements that she had made, the family wishes to upgrade her casket from a 20 gauge, gasket casket to an 18 gauge gasketed casket, which is more expensive than what Edith had originally selected. After going through all of the arrangements, the total funeral bill is $12,650.00. Edith has a death benefit on her burial insurance of $11,500.00. Who is responsible for the $1,150.00 difference?

The Family

A 72-year-old man presents at his local hospital ER with severe chest pain. Forty minutes later, he looses consciousness and after multiple attempts of resuscitation, he is pronounced dead by the attending ER physician. The on-call coroner's staff is contacted and takes the deceased's medical history over the phone and waives his jurisdiction. The man's remains are released by the hospital to your funeral home. When meeting with the family, you find out that the man had a long history of cardiac problems, having a 5-way bypass just last year. Which of the following is most likely to certify his cause and manner of death?

The deceased's cardiologist

"Death reporting" stemmed from all of the following, except:

Tracking of human migration

The registration, preparation, transcription, collection, compilation and preservation of data pertaining to births, adoptions, deaths, stillbirths, marital status, etc. is called:

Vital Statistics

The root word of sell is sellan. What does sellan mean?

to give

Which of the following are not qualified to receive the Social Security Lump Sum Benefit?

Adult surviving children

A legal document filed as a correction to a death certificate is known as:

Affidavit

The Social Security Lump Sum Benefit is:

$255