Disasters and the Death Certificate: Certifying Deaths in Pennsylvania

 

Now more than ever, accurate mortality surveillance is essential to public health research and policy. Watch the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium, the PA Department of Health Bureau of Health Statistics and Registries, and death certifiers from across the state for this training on Certifying Deaths Due to Natural Causes and Natural Disasters. Adapted from a training designed by CDC, this two-hour seminar covered who is responsible for each piece of the PA death certificate, how to fill it out accurately, and special circumstances related to chronic illness, COVID-19, and human-induced and natural disasters.