Grief always comes unexpectedly. Therefore, each of us should know what to do if a loved one died. Where to call and run, so as not to get confused and take control of the situation. It is at this terrible and woeful moment that rash acts often occur: I called the wrong way, said the wrong thing, forgot about an important document. It is a pity that many people are not averse to profiting from someone else's grief. How to prevent this and what to do? We will understand in more detail.
What to do when a person dies at home during the day?
You should know that the actions of relatives differ depending on what time of the day a person passed away.
So what to do when a loved one dies at home? The algorithm of actions is as follows:
- Call the local doctor by phone. In case of detection, he will record death and issue an appropriate document.
- Call the police, its employees must inspect the bodies and draw up a report. Then they will provide a referral to the morgue.
- While the police and medical workers are doing their job, be sure to hang all the mirrors in the house.
- Take care of the collection of documents. Your passport, identity card of the deceased, his medical card and insurance are required.
- With this list of documents, including a death certificate, you must go to the district clinic. If the deceased has been examined over the past few weeks, then you can draw up a certificate of death of a person here. In the absence of this circumstance, the body will be transferred for an autopsy procedure.
Be sure to get the phone numbers and morgue address from the employees of the district clinic. After which it is necessary to order transport for transporting the body. After an autopsy, a death certificate will be issued. When a person dies, what should be done? It is necessary to immediately hang a mirror with a thick cloth in the house.
If death overtakes at night
What to do when a person dies at home at night? The algorithm of actions is almost similar to the previous case. The only difference is that you need to call an ambulance team, not a local doctor.
When a person dies, what should be done? It is necessary to call a police squad that will redirect the body of the deceased person to the morgue.
When morning comes, you need to go to the clinic for an outpatient card and a posthumous epicrisis. Then it remains to pick up the corresponding document in the morgue. It is imperative that you have your passport (your own and the deceased) and an outpatient card with you.
Algorithm of action if death has occurred outside the home
The man has died. What to do if he has died away from home, away or outside the city? You must immediately call the police and ambulance. After medical workers examine the body and record the death, you will be issued with the appropriate document. And law enforcement officials must draw up a protocol and send the body for an autopsy.
Unfortunately, you will personally have to find vehicles for transporting the deceased to the morgue. After the completion of the forensic autopsy, a death certificate will be issued to you.
If a person died in a hospital
Information about death and the whereabouts of the body will be immediately reported to relatives.
In order to obtain a death certificate of a relative, you must use the services of a registry office. Then you need to prepare everything for the funeral. You can contact the ritual bureau or do everything on your own.
In case of violent death
What to do if a loved one died due to murder or suicide? As in previous cases, you need to call an ambulance and law enforcement. In order to confirm the fact of the death of the deceased, they will be sent for a medical examination. Based on the results of this examination, forensics will institute criminal proceedings.
If the fact of violence is recorded, then the funeral can be held only after the investigators give their permission. At this time, the body will be in the morgue. Relatives of the deceased must contact the funeral services bureau after receiving all the necessary documents.
What should be done when a person dies during a trip abroad?
Relatives of the deceased should contact the consulate for help. They will help confirm the fact of death. If a person died, what to do first? It is necessary to obtain the necessary list of documents. It should be noted that the consulate takes responsibility for transporting the body home. However, all expenses are borne by the shoulders of the deceased's relatives.
Paid and free morgue services
Relatives of the deceased can use the list of free services from the state. They are provided by the morgue, namely:
- preservation of the body for a week (a longer stay of the deceased in the morgue is available only if there is no permission from law enforcement officers to bury);
- washing, dressing the body of the deceased;
- laying the body in a coffin and taking it out into the hall of mourning to pass it on to relatives.
Paid services include embalming the body, cosmetic procedures and transporting the body. All additional paid services can be undertaken by the ritual bureau when ordering relatives.
How to prepare the body of the deceased for burial
A man has died, what to do to organize a funeral? Upon receipt of a death certificate, you must immediately contact the bureau of funeral services. However, you can put the whole process on your shoulders. In any case, it is necessary to prepare such details in advance:
- Make an order for transport to transport the body of the deceased to the place of burial or cremation.
- Buy funeral supplies.
- Order a service for the burial of the body.
- Worry about the design of the services of washing the deceased and laying him in a coffin.
- You can order embalming the body and applying posthumous makeup if desired.
- To think over especially important moments entering into a funeral scenario.
- Prepare the hall for mourning.
- Take care of a religious ritual based on the faith of the deceased.
- Make an order to organize a memorial meal.
Another important condition that relates to the personal: it is necessary to pull yourself together as much as possible and adequately lead a loved one on the last journey. Regardless of how morally difficult it is to do it.
