Dudley Mass Fatality Management Concise Field Guide

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4665-5726-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 168 Seiten

In a mass fatality incident, members of the medical examiner or coroner’s office are faced with a host of complex and time-sensitive responsibilities. These include identifying victims, collecting property and evidence, determining cause and manner of death, issuing death certificates, and returning the bodies to their families. Written for all personnel involved in these incidents, Mass Fatality Management Concise Field Guide outlines the necessary components to prepare for and manage mass fatalities.

Topics covered in this practical manual include:

- Administrative operations, including the release of information, death certificates, logistics, and personnel management

- Incident site assessment, search and recovery, and evacuation

- Morgue operations, including the admitting station, radiography, dental examination and fingerprints, DNA testing, and release of the body

- Site selection and procedures for the Family Assistance Center

- Issues related to weapons of mass destruction, including recognition, personnel assignment, decontamination, and the transportation of fatalities

- Mass burial guidelines

Each chapter features a convenient bulleted format and includes forms and illustrations to enhance the narrative. The Appendix includes supplemental information on mass fatality personnel description, external physical examination procedures, standard internal body examination procedures (the forensic autopsy), dental identification procedures, body release, and the mobile morgue equipment inventory list. An accompanying rewritable CD-ROM allows readers to enter data electronically and print out completed forms.

The information in this book will enable those organizations tasked with managing these incidents to more effectively develop a mass fatality plan; prepare a needs-assessment list; identify local resources for equipment, supplies, and personnel; and adequately train personnel. It will also be a useful resource for preparing a community’s local plan to meet the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) accreditation standards for medical examiner offices and to comply with the federal emergency support function (ESF)-8 requirements.

Zielgruppe

Forensic scientists, medical examiners, physicians, and emergency preparedness professionals.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dudley, Mary H.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis Feuerwehr, Rettungsdienst, Katastrophen- und Zivilschutz
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Zivil- und Katastrophenschutz
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Forensik, Rechtsmedizin, Gerichtsmedizin
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Rechtsmedizin, Forensik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Fachpflege

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Mass Fatality Management Overview

Mass Fatalities Plan of Operation

Administrative Operations

Public Information Officer—Joint Press Release

Computerized Database Maintenance

Death Certificate Issuance—Permanent Records

Logistics

Personnel Management

Financial Accounting

Legal Concerns

Incident Site

Incident Site Assessment

Search and Recovery

Evacuation from Incident Site

Morgue Operations

Admitting Station—Station

Radiography—Station

Assessment/Pathology/Photography—Station

Personal Effects—Station

Dental Examination—Station

Fingerprinting—Station

DNA—Station

Anthropological Examination—Station

Body Releasing—Station (Exit/Rebagging)

Family Assistance Center

The Need for a Family Assistance Center

Participating Agencies

Site Selection Considerations

Procedures and Operations of the FAC

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Recognition of a Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Incident

Personnel Assignment

Taking Jurisdiction of Fatalities

Transportation of Fatalities

Body Tracking System

Temporary Incident Morgue Operations

Mass Burial Guidelines

Objective

Purpose

Procedure

Location Selection

Processing of Remains for Mass Burial

Burial of Remains

Mass Burial Guidelines in a WMD Incident

Appendix A: Mass Fatality—Personnel Description

Appendix B: External Physical Examination Procedure

Appendix C: Standard Internal Body Examination Procedure

Appendix D: Dental Identification Procedure

Appendix E: Body Release

Appendix F: Resources

Appendix G: Logistics Equipment/Supplies List

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mary H. Dudley, M.D., is the Chief Medical Examiner for Jackson County, Missouri. Dr. Dudley has been a member of the federal mass fatality team, DMORT, since 1993 and serves as pathology section leader in the morgue operation. She has been deployed to several federally declared disasters, including the Joplin, Missouri, tornado in May 2011; Hurricane Ike in 2008; Hurricane Katrina in 2005; and the Kirksville, Missouri, airplane crash in 2004. She helped obtain grant funding for equipment and volunteer personnel to establish the Kansas City Regional Mortuary Operations Response Group (KCR-MORG), a local resource for the Kansas City metropolitan region, in 2011. She actively assists in training others in mass fatality management.