Immediate Response to Death – Multi choice questions

Contents

Segment 1 – Immediate response to death

Segment 2 – Laying out the body

Segment 3 – Religious and Cultural practices - Christian

Segment 4 – Catholic Practices

Segment 5 – Pasifika

Segment 6 – Indian and Hindu practices

Segment 7 – Islam and Muslim Practices

Segment 8 – Chinese protocol

Segment 9 – Maori Culture

Segment 1 – Immediate response to death

1)What is a factor that influences how a person reacts to dying?

  1. Personality
  2. Culture
  3. Relationship they had to deceased
  4. Whether the death was expected or sudden
  5. All of the above

2)Scenario: You go to a person’s house to do their cares, you find them lying in bed, you cannot find a pulse and suspect they are dead. What do you do?

  1. Call 111 for an ambulance
  2. Contact the family and inform them
  3. Call the GP to come and confirm the death
  4. Leave the house and notify your manager
  5. Scream for help from the neighbours

3)What is an expected death?

  1. When the person is old and frail
  2. When the person is in a medical condition that indicates they will die soon
  3. If they have a condition that means they have a risk of something happening, for instance a heart condition where they are at higher risk of heart attack
  4. People with terminal cancer
  5. Anyone where the long term prognosis is that they will eventually die of this illness

4)Scenario: You are at the care facility, the doctor has indicated that Mrs Smith will die soon, you go into her room to do her cares early in the morning and find her not breathing, cannot find a pulse and suspect she may have died. What should you do?

  1. Call 111 for an ambulance
  2. Contact the family
  3. Clean her body ready for the family
  4. Contact the manager
  5. Go out to the front desk and light a candle so people know there has been a death

5)Scenario: You are at a care facility, you discover a client has fallen in the night and hit their head, they are on the bathroom floor and appear to be dead. What should you do?

  1. Clean up the blood so as not to distress anyone
  2. Call the registered nurse or manager.
  3. Notify the family
  4. Get a co-worker to help you move the deceased back to bed and clean them up
  5. Write up an incident form

6)When notifying your manager of a death, what information needs to be included in the conversation?

  1. Who has died, time you found them, where and how you found them
  2. Who has died, how they died, what steps you have taken so far to prepare the body
  3. What time you found them, where they were, which family members you have notified
  4. Who has died, what time you found them, who you have notified
  5. All of the above

7)Who is responsible for informing the family about the death?

  1. Whoever found the person
  2. The manager
  3. The GP
  4. Whoever is the person’s key caregiver
  5. Whoever is closest to the family

8)Who completes the death certificate?

  1. Whoever found the person
  2. The facility manager
  3. The medical practitioner
  4. A coroner
  5. A death certificate is only needed for an unexpected death, which the police will do

9)What should be done with the body while waiting for it to be picked up?

  1. Moved and placed ‘in state’ on their bed
  2. The body should not be left alone during this time
  3. The body should be left where it is and no one near it
  4. The body should be cleaned and prepared for removal
  5. The body should be moved to a cool room and the area they died in cleaned

Segment 2 – Laying out the body

1)What is the term used for preparing the body for transport once they have died?

  1. Laid out
  2. Putting in state
  3. Embalmment
  4. Cremation
  5. Tapu

2)How should the body be arranged prior to transport?

  1. On their back, eyes closed, mouth closed, sheet over their body including head
  2. On their back, do not touch their face, sheet over their body including head
  3. On their back, do not touch their face, sheet over their body but not covering face
  4. On their back, eyes and mouth closed, sheet covering their body excluding face
  5. On their back, eyes and mouth closed, sheet not covering their face with any medical equipment removed, hand available for family to touch

3)Before you begin laying out the body, what should you do?

  1. Wash your hands and get gloves on
  2. Say a prayer of the person
  3. Ask the family as they may wish to help
  4. Prepare the clothes
  5. Clear all personal items out of the room

4)When should you lay out a body?

  1. As soon as the person has died
  2. Once the police / GP has verified the death
  3. Within 12 hours of the person dying
  4. Once you have been instructed to do so
  5. Just before the family wish to see the deceased

5)What is the difference between laying out the body for an unexpected death and laying out the body for an expected death?

  1. It is the same in either circumstance
  2. The head needs to be covered for an unexpected death
  3. Any part of the body that was injured needs to be wrapped to hide the injury
  4. The body will need to be photographed first
  5. A body may be taken away for autopsy so you will not be required to lay it out

6)In the event of a violent death, how long do you need to wait until the room can be cleaned?

  1. 24 hours
  2. As soon at the room has been ‘processed’
  3. 5 days
  4. Once the investigation is complete
  5. The police will have a team come and clean it

7)What documentation are you required to fill out if you find a person has deceased?

  1. The form will vary dependant on workplace policies
  2. A death certificate
  3. An incident form
  4. A note made in the person’s file
  5. A declaration of death form

Segment 3 – Religious and Cultural Practices - Christian

1)What is the one universal requirement in a death regardless of religion?

  1. A prayer will need to be done
  2. The person will need to be covered
  3. The family will need support
  4. The body needs to be buried within a week
  5. The family will be involved in laying the person out

2)When addressing a person who has lost a loved one, which of the following statements is NOT true?

  1. Religions will generally have customs and traditions regarding death
  2. People will be grieving in different ways, some of this may be based on how their religion views death
  3. Everyone should be treated with complete respect and sensitivity at this time
  4. You will be able to make assumptions about what they want based on the religion they have identified as, in their forms
  5. You will need to adhere to the customs and wishes of the family, even if they are different to your own

3)What do Christians believe about the soul of a person?

  1. It will remain trapped in their body if a prayer is not said within 24 hours of death
  2. The soul of the person will float to heaven as people pray
  3. The soul leaves the body at the time of death for an afterlife
  4. The soul leaves the body at the time of death and enters a baby being born
  5. Depending on how good the person is will determine what level of heaven they go to

4)Which is the Christian custom for the body?

  1. The body will either be cremated or buried based on personal preference
  2. The body must be cremated
  3. The body must be buried
  4. The body will be cremated and the ashes scattered in the sea
  5. The body will be offered for use for medical science

5)Why will some Christians talk about the death of their loved one as a time of celebration?

  1. They are heartless
  2. They did not really like the person
  3. Christians believe that you die when you believe you have completed your Christian mission
  4. They believe that they are then able to give the remaining money the person had to church and doing this will give them honour within the church community
  5. Christians believe that when a person dies they go to heaven and meet God, this is deemed a good thing

6)What is the customary practice for Protestants during the time of someone dying?

  1. To leave the room so a person can have privacy while they die
  2. To leave the room so the soul doesn’t enter their body
  3. To stay with the person and sprinkle holy water on them
  4. To stay with the person to pray and recite scriptures while they are dying
  5. To stay with the person but remain silent so as to not distract the soul

7)What is customary for Christians to do with the body?

  1. A Christian will not view a body as they believe the soul is gone
  2. It is personal preference; some will want to see the body some will not
  3. Christians will bring the body to their home until the funeral
  4. Christians will view the body within 24 hours of dying but not after
  5. Christians will be with the person as they die but will not see the body after

8)Where will the funeral be held of a Christian person?

  1. At a church
  2. At the funeral home
  3. At the burial site
  4. At their home
  5. It will be personal preference

Segment 4 – Catholic Practices

1)When a person who is Catholic and near death, there are prayers said over the person, these are known as what?

  1. Last rights
  2. Rosary
  3. Anointing
  4. Prayers to the Saint of death
  5. Blessings

2)What is the purpose of these near death prayers?

  1. To prepare the person for the afterlife in heaven
  2. For the person to carry the prayers over to heaven to give to God
  3. For the person to be able to repent of their sins
  4. a and b
  5. a and c

3)How many times can a person have these near death prayers done?

  1. Once
  2. Once a day if actively dying
  3. As many times as they like
  4. A maximum of 7 times
  5. Once the prayers start they need to be spoken continuously until the person dies

4)Where can these prayers be done?

  1. They will be spoken from outside of the bedroom
  2. The pastor will say them from church regardless of where the person is
  3. They will be done at the bedside
  4. They must be taken to church for confessional
  5. Either bedside or at the church

5)What does a Catholic person believe will happen to the soul of a person after death?

  1. The Holy Mother will take care of them in heaven
  2. They will meet God in heaven
  3. They will either go to hell or heaven dependant on how much they have prayed
  4. Their soul will leave the deceased and enter a baby as it is being born
  5. They believe if they have been good enough they will get to go to a special part of heaven reserved for the Saints

6)What do Catholics believe about how their actions on earth reflect their place in heaven?

  1. They believe if they have been good enough they will get to go to a special part of heaven reserved for the Saints
  2. If they have prayed to the Holy Mother regularly she will look after them in heaven
  3. The number of people they have converted to Catholicism will reflect which realm of heaven they will enter
  4. If they have not confessed all their sins they will not be able to enter heaven
  5. If they have not had the special prayer for the dying they will not be able to enter heaven

7)What will generally be done at the funeral of a Catholic person?

  1. At the funeral, friends and family will pray for the deceased and ask God to receive the soul
  2. They will eat bread and drink red wine to symbolise the broken body
  3. They will light candles to honour the deceased
  4. They will give money to the church
  5. They will all wear special clothing called habits or cloths depending on the gender

8)Generally speaking, what will happen to the body of a Catholic person?

  1. The body must be cremated
  2. The body will be buried
  3. The body will be cremated and the ashes scattered in the sea
  4. The body will be offered for use for medical science
  5. The body will be buried under a tree and it is believed the body will nourish the tree causing it to grow and represent their life

Segment 5 – Pasifika

1)When discussing Pasifika people, this means people from which Island?

  1. Samoa
  2. Tonga
  3. Fiji
  4. a and b
  5. All Pacific Islands

2)Generally, which religion do Pasifika people belong to?

  1. Niuean
  2. Catholic
  3. Christian
  4. Muslim
  5. b or c

3)Generally speaking, how important is it to Pasifika people that religious protocols are followed when a person has died?

  1. Religion is not important at all, there will be customs from the Island they are from that they will follow
  2. Minimal importance, they give to church and pray occasionally but it is not very important
  3. Pasifika people are generally very particular about following their religious protocols, this will be mixed with customs from the Island they are from
  4. Pasifika people don’t have a religion; Island customs are what is important to them
  5. It is somewhat important; they will want to follow a lot of the customs of a religion

4)What is the general cultural expectation for being with people that are dying?

  1. The eldest child of the dying person is expected to stay by their bed at all times
  2. Pacifica people generally like to be with their loved one when they are dying
  3. Only people from their island of heritage can care for a dying person
  4. It is important that no children under 14 are in the room of a dying person
  5. It is important that no one is in the room while a person is dying

5)How many people would you expect to be around a Pacifica person who is dying?

  1. There will be no one in the room
  2. Only one, the child of the dying
  3. There may be 1 or 2 at any time
  4. There may be many people around the person
  5. Regardless of what is customary they should be following the protocols of the building visiting hours and numbers of visitors

6)Who will be responsible for caring for the deceased?

  1. The family will likely want to help or do the role of preparing the body
  2. The family will always want you to clean and prepare the person
  3. You will need to do it as they are not allowed to touch a dead body
  4. The female descendants will be responsible for this
  5. No body that is not from their island will be allowed to touch the person

7)Generally, what will happen to the body of the deceased?

  1. It will need to be buried within 24 hours
  2. It will be taken to the home of the family to spend time with them before the funeral
  3. It will be held at the funeral parlour
  4. It must be taken back to the island for burial
  5. It will be laid in state at the church of the family

8)It is important that you do not do what with a Pacifica family?

  1. Make assumptions about what they will want
  2. Wash the family member in front of them
  3. Lay the person out for them
  4. Touch them
  5. Cry with them

Segment 6 – Indian and Hindu practices

1)What is Hinduism?

  1. A religious practice mainly in India, although not all Indians are Hindu
  2. A cultural aspect of Indian people
  3. A religious practice of Indian people
  4. The name of a group of Indian people from a particular continent of India
  5. The name Hindu and Indian can be interchanged when discussing a person from India, they mean the same thing

2)What do Hindu’s believe about the soul of a person?

  1. There is no life after death, the soul and body are one
  2. When a person dies their soul moves from one body to the next on its path to reach Nirvana (Heaven)
  3. Depending on how good a person they have been will dictate which layer of Nirvana (Heaven) they enter into
  4. When a person dies their soul will continue to wander the world
  5. If they have confessed their sins they will go to heaven

3)What will often be the request of a dying person who is Hindu?

  1. To stop any mind altering medicine like pain relief so they can ensure they are of sound mind when they die as this is important to their religion
  2. To have no one in the room when they are dying
  3. To be transported back to their home (or loved one’s home) to die there
  4. To travel back to their birth place to die
  5. To cease any bathing

9)Generally, what will happen to the body of the deceased?

  1. It will need to be buried within 24 hours
  2. It will be taken to the home of the family to spend time with them before the funeral
  3. It will be held at the funeral parlour
  4. It must be cremated within 24 hours
  5. It will be buried under a tree to fertilize the tree making it sacred

4)Should people be around a Hindu person when they are dying?