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Defining Time of Death (11 minutes)
Initial Observations (9 minutes)
PMI Considerations in Time Since Death (24 minutes)
Stages of Body Decay (19 minutes)
Insect Activity in Time of Death (14 minutes)
Investigative Scene Markers (20 minutes)
Quiz: Determining Time of Death
Stages of Decomposition
Forensic Entomology
Eyeball Changes
Stages of Post Mortem Changes
Body Temperature – Algor Mortis
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4.7 /5
(176)

  • Glenn
    (5)
    accurate

    very helpful

  • Nicole
    (5)
    CSI Student Review

    Super informative, and I learned alot to add to my training

  • Wade
    (5)
    Great

    Great

  • Carrie
    (5)
    Informational

    I learned more in this course than I did learning from on the job training. With on the Job training, examples are not always available or comparable for visualization.

  • Isabella
    (5)
    Great Course!

    Great course and awesome information. Easy to follow.

  • Donald
    (5)
    Accurate Representation

    Well organized, with a lot of information, and thorough descriptions.

  • Kerri
    (5)
    review

    Very helpful in learning ways to determin TOD, breaking down stages of PMI was great!

  • Jimmy
    (5)
    Good information

    Good information

  • Tiffany
    (5)
    Interesting

    Great work!

  • Dan
    (5)
    ok

    ok

  • Johnny
    (5)
    Captivating

    Good

  • Donnie
    (4)
    Determination of time of death

    Yes

  • Richard
    (5)
    Determining cause of death

  • Taylor
    (4)
    Great

    I learned quite a few things!

  • Amy
    (4)
    Great title

    Easy to follow text

  • James
    (5)
    Determining Time of Death

    I would prefer more case studies gone over in depth. I find those the most helpful.

  • Jerome
    (4)
    Appropriate for the content.

    Informative and straight forward.

  • Carley
    (5)
    Determining Time of Death

    I found this extremely helpful and clear. I did want to mention that as a Paramedic who has done a few years in mortuary science, that possibly being more clear about "internal temperature reading," would be beneficial. For any medical personnel, they could think that your are talking about a rectal temperature and not liver temp!

  • Jade
    (5)
    TOD

  • Mark
    (5)
    Yesterday or Last Week

    Glad I took this course. I stress to determine the correct estimated time of death. I take it very seriously to be as accurate as possible for the family's sake.

  • William
    (5)
    Time of Death

    good full review

  • Patrick
    (4)
    Deputy Coroner

    Information provided was beneficial in any very well presented.

  • Chad
    (4)
    Informative

    Informative

  • Elizabeth
    (5)
    Excellent Review

    I enjoyed the review of determining time of death now that I have been working in the field doing investigations. Excellent review.

  • Darlen
    (5)
    It was good

    Information was presented in an easy to understand manner.

  • Timothy
    (5)
    Awesome course

    This course is very beneficial to any level of death investigator. I have been employed as a Forensic Death Investigator for over a year and law enforcement for 15 years. This course provided knowledge that I did not have. The instructor is knowledgeable and remained focused on each section. One of the best classes I have taken in a while.

  • MADISEN
    (5)
    Very informative!

  • Anthony
    (5)
    Good course

    brought up many new aras to remember

  • David
    (5)
    Determining time of death

    A very practical, knowledgeable, and useful training, the type of training an investigator can put to immediate use in the field.

  • John
    (5)
    good class

    good class

  • Rubette
    (5)
    Determining Time of Death

    Great course. Very detailed to help me understand more in depth.

  • Emmett
    (5)
    My first course here, and it was great!

    It's nice to have the visual presentation here with images, as I'm used to listening to the Coroner Talk podcast which is audio only. I'm looking forward to taking more of the courses soon!

  • Steve
    (5)
    Time of Death

    Good class, relevent and intersting

  • Alma
    (5)
    Determining time of death review

    Great course, broken down into clear bites. I only wish it had a rewind option because I had to repeat some parts, but as long as you remember to pause and take notes, you'll do great. I got a 100 on my final quiz! As a CSI student and former coroner's intern I thank you!

  • Anthony
    (5)

  • Greg
    (5)
    Determining Time of Death

    Was a good class.

  • Tiffany
    (5)

  • Dan
    (5)
    excellent

    excellent

  • Katherine
    (5)
    Thorough for Overview

  • Shane
    (5)
    great class, very informative

    wonderful

  • Steven
    (5)
    Determining Time of Death

    Very informative and easy to follow

  • Kelsey
    (5)
    Determining Time of Death

    Excellent information provided

  • Rebecca
    (5)
    Determining Time of Death

    Good

  • Rick
    (1)
    Great Course

    Thanks for making this available. I feel all Coroners and Deputies should be retired to take this course

  • Cornelius
    (5)
    Good

    Test tricky

  • Steven
    (5)
    Good Course

    There was a lot of useful information contained in this course.

  • Terry
    (5)
    very fitting

    Informative

  • Michelle
    (5)
    Great info!

    Photos were so helpful for clarifying.

  • Daniel
    (1)
    WTF!

    While the quiz had some straightforward questions, there were questions where A-D could have been correct. Very unclear. Found myself frustrated with two questions in particular. Correct answers did not appear to match with what was provided in the lesson, nor with my training, nor with common sense. I won't be taking any additional courses on this platform. Not worth it.

  • Jeremiah
    (5)
    Great Lerning

    learned a lot of interesting facts on time of death.

  • Kyle
    (5)
    Very helpful!

    As a new MDI I found this course very informative and useful for my training.

  • Geoffrey
    (5)
    review

    done

  • Adam
    (4)
    Thorough

    Thorough

  • Beverly
    (5)
    Beverly Swinson, MSCJ

    Great and helpful information!

  • Daniel
    (5)
    Time of Death

    Very enlightening Lots of information provided

  • Linda
    (3)
    Determining Time of Death

    Very informative with use of wording and explainations.

  • Linda
    (5)
    Determining Time of Death

    report

  • Regina
    (5)
    Determining time of death

    Great course

  • John
    (5)
    Determining time of deat

    excellent, concise and easy to understand.

  • Kerri
    (5)
    time of death

    In the lesson on report writing, it was stressed to spell words correctly. I noticed in this lesson words were not spelled correctly. 1 looses should be loses and 2 schleral should be scleral

  • Sarah
    (5)
    Good Information

    Information was well presented and easy to understand. This is a great course for new and seasoned death investigators.

  • Brett
    (4)
    time of death

    good info

  • Josh
    (4)
    Nice work

    Details were helpful

  • Scotty
    (5)
    Time of death

    Awesome

  • Kaley
    (5)
    Determining Time of Death

    I enjoyed this course, it went through the various practices and decomposition signs when trying to find TOD.

  • Tracie
    (5)
    Time of death

    Great

  • Lana
    (5)
    awesome

    awesome

  • Peggy
    (5)
    Great info

    I really enjoyed the information presented in this section. I will refer back to the print outs at a later date.

  • Hannah
    (4)
    Educational

    This is not my first time taking a class of this nature. However, I found it very educational and useful for reviewing my prior knowledge

  • Katarzyna
    (5)
    excellent class

    Lots of useful information, user friendly format.

  • Kristin
    (5)
    Great Class!

    This course was very informative. The instructor gave an excellent, easy to understand overview of determining time of death.

  • Melanie
    (5)
    Very good Information obtained from this class

    The information obtained in this section was very informational. The information can definitely be applied to my scene investigations on a daily basis.

  • Kerry
    (4)
    Extremely Important for Accurate Time of Death Decisions

    The sections in this training are crucial to make accurate decisions and determinations for time of death.

  • Scott
    (5)
    Very goood course

    As a beginning MDI this course built a solid foundation on the basics of TOD determination to enter field work and to expand upon.

  • Shenton
    (2)
    Determining Time of Death Review Title

    Excellent presentation! Well explained. Useful content for practical use in investigation.

  • Nicole
    (5)
    Accurate description of topics covered in module

    I enjoyed the course but was interested to see that saponification was not discussed.

  • Paul
    (5)
    Determining Time of Death A+

    This was as wonderful course. It was informative and well put together. The speaker is knowledgeable and explains the material very well . I am satisfied :-)

  • Jason
    (5)
    Informative Course

  • Matthew
    (4)
    Very good. Videos and charts were well done.

    Text added greatly to visual presentation.

  • Jacqueline
    (5)
    Great Course!

    Loved the class! Very informative!

  • Wayne
    (5)
    determining time of death

    great

  • Doug
    (5)
    Determining Time of Death

    Very Helpful, Thank You

  • Sandra
    (5)
    Informative Class

    There was a lot of useful information in this class. Gave me lots of things to think about.

  • Karin
    (4)
    Appropriate

    one of the quiz questions is very confusing as it asks for 2 , then says all that applies.

  • Joseph
    (4)
    Determing Time of Death

    Probably not a good idea to take this course and or test at 8PM at night after a 14 hour work day

  • John
    (4)
    My opinion

    Very informative BUT the test needs some work. There is a question in which ALL the answers are correct (I looked it up) but the computer only accepts two of them... and you have to retake the test multiple times to find which two... (question about rigor)... I also entered it into the "assistance" tab but found the right combination before someone called me about it...Otherwise good course.

  • Jody
    (5)
    Another good one

    One tricky question, once I paid attention to how it was worded , I got it . Thanks for making me have to think .

  • leanne
    (5)
    good

    good

  • Paul
    (5)
    educational

    Very nice and enjoyable, except for the Rigor question.

  • Andrea
    (5)
    na

  • JULIE
    (5)
    great!!

    Great!!!

  • Becky
    (5)
    Determining time of death

    Great material

  • John
    (5)
    Well stated

    Excellent content

  • Brian
    (5)
    5

  • Lindsey
    (5)
    TOD

  • brian
    (5)
    nice

    just perfect

  • Judith
    (5)
    4 star

    4 star

  • Shawn
    (5)
    Excellent

    Great

  • Angela
    (5)
    Excellent

  • Darrin
    (5)
    Some hiccups, but I made it!

    This presentation was a little more difficult for me, not for the subject matter, but for the evolution of the process of rigor mortis. While the quiz answers were accurate, there was one area that I took directly from the presentation in the form of my notes that also applied. I researched a little more, and found that there are some fine determinations on how rigor progresses through the entire body, and understand more the entire method. Thank you for these courses!

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