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Panel 2.16: Forensic Aspects of Disaster Fatality Management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Kan Tun ,
Barbara Butcher ,
Pongruk Sribanditmongkol ,
Tom Brondolo ,
Theresa Caragine ,
Clifford Perera  and
Karl Kent
Kan Tun
Affiliation:
World Health Organization (WHO) Representative, Sri Lanka
Barbara Butcher
Affiliation:
Director Investigations, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, New York City
Pongruk Sribanditmongkol
Affiliation:
Chiangmai University, Thailand
Tom Brondolo
Affiliation:
Deputy Commissioner, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, New York City
Theresa Caragine
Affiliation:
Director of the Low Copy Laboratory on behalf of Director of Forensic Biology (DNA), Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, New York City
Clifford Perera
Affiliation:
Lecturer and Medico-Legal specialist, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka
Karl Kent
Affiliation:
Joint Chief of Staff, Thai Tsunami Victim Identification (TTVI) Operation, TTVI, Telephone Organization of Thailand (TOT) Building, Phuket, Thailand
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Abstract

This is a summary of the presentations and discussion of Panel 2.16, Forensic Aspects of Disaster Fatality Management of the Conference, Health Aspects of the Tsunami Disaster in Asia, convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Phuket, Thailand, 04–06 May 2005. The topics discussed included issues related to forensic aspects that pertain to the responses to the deaths created by the Earthquake and Tsunami. It is presented in the following major sections: (1) overview of victim identification; (2) resource factors in mass-fatality management; (3) mass-fatality management in protecting public health; and (4) reasons to use deoyxribose nucleic acid (DNA) to identify the deceased.

Keywords

disasterDNAfatalityforensicmanagementpublic healthresourcestechnologytsunamivictim identification
Type
WHO Special Report: Health Aspects of the Tsunami Disaster in Asia
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 20 , Issue 6 , December 2005 , pp. 455 - 458
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2005

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