Citation

Hooft PJ, Noji EK, Van de Voorde HP. Forensic Sci. Int. 1989; 40(1): 3-14.

Affiliation

Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2647597

Abstract

Medical involvement in mass casualty incidents requires proper planning and preparedness. In disaster situations, legal aspects concerning the dead add to the general problem of a lack of time, place and resources to maintain routine working conditions, and demand authority and competence. The aspects of planning the recovery of the dead, transportation and morgue facilities, establishment of cause of death, identification, and the final disposition of the dead are discussed. The implementation of forensic mass fatality teams is felt to be the right answer for a better planning and coordination.