A morbid topic to be sure, but relavent somehow.  I have just had my mother-in-law and her boyfriend out for a visit for the first time.  They’re both older, but not yet to the walker-phase of life, but while they were out, her boyfriend became very ill.  His health, as it turns out, is somewhat dicey normally, and the additional stresses put on him by sightseeing did a number on his heart.  On top of that, he managed to catch a 24hr stomach bug, so my mother-in-law was somewhat worried he was going to expire.

It occurred to me, I really had no idea what to do if that happened.  I mean, in the classic sense I could bury him in the backyard I suppose.  Or dump him in the Bay.  But this would be a natural causes type situation, so there are agencies in place for just this kind of thing.  I just don’t know what they are or what the common procedures are.  Should I call the police so they can come see that, yes, in fact this wasn’t a foul-play type situation?  Should I call 911?  I mean, if he was already dead, say expired in his sleep, there wouldn’t be much point calling the EMT’s or an ambulance.

I can see I’m going to need to do some additional research here.