The textbook is compiled in accordance with the Federal State Educational Standards of Higher Education . The procedural bases, rights and duties of the doctor acting as a specialist in the examination of the corpse at the place of its detection are considered, a plan for the examination (study) of the corpse is given, methods of ascertaining the fact of a person's death, methods for determining the limitation of its occurrence, in t. h. innovative, created at the Department of Forensic Medicine of the Izhevsk State Medical Academy . The algorithms of actions of the specialist during the inspection of the scene of the incident in the event of the death of a person from various causes are given. The manual is intended for students of medical universities of medical, pediatric and dental faculties . Can be used by interns, residents, teachers, specialists working in the field of forensic medicine.