Author/Editor     Balažic, J; Lovšin, J
Title     Organizational scheme of operations of the identification team at the Institute of forensic medicine in the event of mass disasters
Type     članek
Source     In: Bergamini PR, editor. Personal identification. Proceedings of the fourth international meeting on forensic medicine Alpe-Adria-Pannonia; 1994 May 12-14; Grado. Gorizia: Univesita degli studi di Trieste,
Publication year     1994
Volume     str. 199-208
Language     eng
Abstract     In the event of a mass disaster, it is very important that the work is headed by an investigating judge or a group of investigating judges, with all other teams subordinate, though independent in their work. The work done by the identification team of the Institute for Forensic Medicine is independent, although it is supervised by the investigating judge. The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Slovenia has established specialised units for defence and rescue. This also includes the identification team of the Institute of Forensic Medicine. The identification team consists of a team leader, who is a specialist in forensic medicine, and a coordinator, two physicians, specialists in forensic medicine, a dentist, an administrator, a medical technician working as an autopsy assistant, a photographer and civil defence members working in the field. The team operates according to a specifically designed plan (drawn up by Milčinski), which focuses on doing the majority of work concerning identification in situ, where the bodies or parts of bodies were found. All bodies, clothes and objects found are marked by a number. An identification form is then filled out. This is the document on which the name of the victim is entered when the process of identification is complete. Further work is then transferred to an identification base, where special work, such as autopsies, laboratory research and final identification is done. This scheme has proven to be practical and extremely useful in identifying bodies in mass disasters, in which experts of the Institute of Forensic Medicine have been involved to date.
Descriptors     DISASTERS
FORENSIC MEDICINE
AUTOPSY