A. A patient admitted and/or brought to an emergency room should only be classified as a PROBABLE MEDICAL EXAMINER CASE if one of the following applies (These classifications apply even when the patient lives for a prolonged period - up to days, weeks, months, even years in cases such as paralysis - before expiring.):
1. Any injury was sustained in the past that appears to be related to the death. This includes all drug overdoses, drowning, near-drowning, fractures, falls, head trauma, vehicular accidents, burns, electrical shock, gunshot, stab, or blunt trauma wounds. Paralysis is generally due to such injury even if it occurred several years prior.