Another Case… Not an Accident

I got woken up by Pete letting me know we have a coroners case. Outside of Pullman. But this one was not a car accident. In the last three weeks we have had five people die within a five mile radius of Pullman. I was on one as a coroner and one as a rescuer.

I got up and went to the scene of this natural death. The investigation did not take but about two hours to complete, but I spent almost as much time doing the reports, printing the photos, and counting the meds.

I am trying to get finalized numbers on the houses so I can see what way I want to go. I am waiting to hear more from Ross. I was expecting a call from him around five-thirty. He never got me until nearly seven o’clock. By then I was in Colfax for fire training.

We pulled out the rural rigs and did hose testing and practiced using the pumps and spraying water. We got through about a thousand feet of hose or so before calling it a night.

I then had to go to the SO and do my coroners report. I got it all documented. I found a book in the office on death investigation. It is huge. No way I could get through that in a couple days. It has nearly a thousand pages. I am going to go through it quickly and find the areas of interest then work on those sections that more pertain to what I do for the coroners office. I also want to get a drug reference program for my pocket PC. I need to look them up and find a good one.