Cardinal Symptoms This animation introduces each cardinal symptom with informative visuals and explains why each symptom must be probed by the questions in the list.As the trained non-medical surveyor, you should use the attached Cardinal Symptoms lists to obtain the story. You should not determine  the cause of death yourself, but focus on obtaining as much information as you can from the respondent, and writing a clear and structured narrative. Next two sections contains the full Cardinal Symptoms Lists for adult deaths as well as children and neonatal deaths.   ‹ previous     next ›