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Does anyone have a good sample death note to share? It has been a difficult task for me to come up with a death note that is complete and concise, professional looking with grace and style.
The Washington Manual Intern Survival guide has an example I believe. I generally write something brief:
Called to see patient for unresponsiveness. On exam the patient did not respond to verbal or physical stimuli. Absent heart and breath sounds (modify if on vent to no spontaneous respirations). Absent peripheral pulses. Pupils are fixed and dilated. Patient pronounced dead at XX:XX (24 hour format). Dr. [Attending] notified. Next of kin/family (XXX) notified. Autopsy declined. Medical examiner Dr. XXXX declined examination (if appropriate and you were prompted by the hospital to call the ME) [Organ donation may be discussed if your state prompts you to do so, some places have separate services for this.]
I time/date all of my notes so I don't report date in the note itself but you may wish to do so.