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National Association of Medical Examiners 
Educational Activities Committee

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Submitted by Morgan Andrade (MS4, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL) and Dr. Ross Zumwalt (Assistant Medical Examiner) and Hope Bodnar (M.H.S, PA) at Mayo Clinic.

Submitted by Morgan Andrade (MS4, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL) and Dr. Ross Zumwalt (Assistant Medical Examiner) and Hope Bodnar (M.H.S, PA) at Mayo Clinic.

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Spinal cord at the level of C5

Spinal cord at the level of C5

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* 1. This weeks case involves a 75-year-old man who was the seat-belted driver of a motor vehicle that rolled through a stop sign and was subsequently T-boned, on the driver’s side, by another vehicle traveling at high rate of speed. Per paramedics, he was immediately unresponsive at the scene but had a strong pulse. After resuscitative attempts, he was pronounced dead approximately 1 hour after the accident, upon arrival to the emergency department.

Pertinent autopsy findings are presented above. The cardiac findings are best explained by which of the following?

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