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Death verification documentation
[INITAL. SURNAME] (FY1) - Asked to verify death of pt by nurse X. - Pt was receiving palliative therapy for advanced, metastatic lung cancer. Wife was present at the moment of death and noticed more laboured breathing, which stopped 30 minutes ago. - Death confirmation assessment: - Patient identity confirmed from wrist band - Patient in bed, eyes closed, no signs of life - No response to verbal stimulus - No response to painful stimuli (supraorbital pressure and sternal rub) - Pupils fixed and dilated bilaterally with no response to light - No corneal reflex present - No respiratory effort noted - Absent central and peripheral pulses on palpation - Absent heart and breath sounds on auscultation - Death confirmed on [DATE] at [TIME] - R.I.P. - Sign: - Signature - Full name - Grade - GMC number - Bleep