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Faulkner County coroner's report: 127 coroner responses in January, county warns of fluoro-fentanyl exposure risk
Summary
County presented a monthly coroner report showing 127 deaths the coroner responded to in January, described delays in toxicology/autopsy results for overdose determinations, and circulated a memo warning first responders about exposure to a fluoro-fentanyl case; staff also demonstrated powered gurney equipment the office plans to adopt.
Faulkner County officials told the court that the coroner's monthly report shows 127 deaths in January that required coroner response and that the office is developing regular metrics to track trends, call timing and staffing needs.
Administrator Higgins presented the draft coroner report and said the report breaks deaths into categories such as natural causes, long-term care, inpatient, infant/fetal demise, accident, suicide, homicide, pending autopsy and overdose. "A hundred and twenty-seven is a lot," Jessica of the coroner's office said in response to a question about whether the January total was high.
Higgins and coroner staff…
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