Module 4- Completing the Electronic Death Registration and Notificatoin
Creation of an Interim EDRN
Shelley Giebel NP MScN (APN)
An interim Medical Certificate of Death is created when you want to register a death to allow families the ability to obtain a burial permit and make funeral arrangements but might not yet have all the information you need to certify the death (ie: waiting for autopsy reports or medical records).
Step 1: Click the death icon, below is the screen you will see.
It is easiest to search for a decedent by using their Saskatchewan health card number, or their name/date of birth by clicking on search now and entering the information. Once this is done, all of their demographic information will be prepopulated.
Once you click search, the decedent’s name will appear and you will then click select. Once selected, you will see the decedent’s name added to the top of the screen.
Step 2: Select interim and the reason is to release the body for disposition (burial or cremation). As you have searched by the decedent’s name/date of birth, or health card, the information regarding whether or not the identity is known will be prepopulated for you, as will their name, date of birth, sex, province of residence, and health card number.
You will be required to enter the date of death, the location of death and the funeral home chosen by the family if known then click continue.
Step 3: Complete any information you can related to the the cause of death. If you don’t have this information, leave this blank for now.
Complete the following information, if unknown at this time, leave blank. Then click continue.
Step 4: Certifier Type. Choose your role from the drop down menu (attending physician, physician attending after death, coroner, prescribed practitioner [ie: Nurse Practitioner], prescribed practitioner attending after death [ie: Nurse Practitioner]. Then click certify case.
