DECEASED VICTIMS IDENTIFICATION OF DISASTERS

19/05/2014

Disasters

An event which :

Unpredictable Happened suddenly Causing :

- Property distruction- Casualty and fatality people- Enveromental, social, mental, and economical damage

Natural :

tsunami, gempa bumi, flood inundate, landslide/ soil erosion, lava launch, volcano eruption, etc.

Man made :

Careless : accident of transportation, fire, fall down of buildings, etc. Doing on purpose : bombing by terrorist explotion war weapon, disturbance, etc.

Why and what are the importances that the mass disaster victims should be identified?

Findings the person’s identity is related to human right. For legal procedures on criminal investigation aspects For civil legal acpects (insurances, pension, inharitance, marital, etc)

Disaster victim management

1) Communication and coordination- At polrest/ polsect/ near accident scene- Centerpost of communication and serve, 24 hours- To guide and direct the hold of SAR- To answer and give information, translate “two way traffic” to : families / foreign

families) mass media, officials- Connect to sources of ante mortem data, interpol, embassy,etc.

2) SAR- Find information about the spectrum of disaster area and member of the victims.- Form the boundary of accident scene- Search and rescue the victims

3) To handle the life victimsFollow the customs guide of procedures in medicine

4) To handle the deceased victimsStage 1 : at the scene

To give point and labelling the victims, property and their personal effects Evacuation

Stage 2: taking in hand in the center of DVI

IN THE POST MORTEM DATA UNUT :The data obtained from examination by forensic pathologist, doctor, forensic odontologist, dentist, anthropologist, dactyloscopist, photographer, molecular biologist, etc.The task activity Receive and registry corpses/ personal body remains, their proprietary and

personal effects. Numbering and grouping based on: sex, age, nation /race, conditions, of the

corpse, etc Make photography Make dactyloscopy/ dermatogliphy make rontgent photo (if nesessary) Record the medical and dental data (odontogram) Do otoption and mouth otoption Coordination with the comparing data unit.

IN THE ANTE MORTEM DATA UNIT : Collecting ante mortem data : photo, finger print, medical and dental record,

rontgent X ray, property, document, identity card, etc from families, hospital, doctor and dentist, instance, police, etc.

Filling the data to DVI form Grouping the data based on : sex, age, racee or nation, etc. Sending the data to comparing data unit

IN THE COMPARING DATA UNIT Comparing the post and ante mortem data Reconciliation board meeting Sending the result of comparing data to center of DVI Collecting addition data to which not yet recognized body

In the center of DVI

Check and receck the result of identification Release the recognized body to families or the entitlet official Publicize to mass media the accurate information about the mass disaster victims

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF DVI TEAM

INVESTIGATOR IN CHARGE

PUBLIC RELATION INVESTIGATION SAR DVI

SCENE ANTE MORTEM UNIT POST MORTEM UNIT COMPARING DATA UNIT SUPPORT

Indonesia established disaster victim identification team :* National team* Regional team* Province team

The team consist of multi diciplines : Health Police Army Govermance SAR

Depkes dan porli, 2003, pedoman penatalaksanaan identifikasi korban mati pada bencana massal, Jkt.

There are several methods applied to identify the victims and human remind : Finger print dactyloscopy Documents Properties and accessories Spesific traits of the body Blood group

RECORD, FILLING

BODY COMUNNICATION, PHOTOGRAPHY, PROPERTY, MEDICAL, FINGER PRINT, ANTHROPOLOGY, ODONTOLOGY, DNA

CROSS MEDIA OR COMPARING RESOLUTION

SECURITY, BODY

Teeth examination odontology Anthropology

Fingerprint is in the domain of police procedure (dactiloscopy). However, the medic can assist to obtain it wa asked dermatoglify

Teeth examination :

Age, spesific common traits, race and sex may determinate from the teeth odontogram

Anthropology :

Identification of skeletalized remains :

Determination of bone or not Determination of human or not Determination of race or not Determination of sex or not Determination of age or not Determination of height or not

Reconsilliation board

Police investigation Fingerprint Pathologist Odontologist DNA scientist Anthropologist Dll

Conclusion :

Disaster character :

- Unpredictable- Unknown time and place

There is the responsibility of every expert in every corner of his/her country and all over the world to always develop their knowlwdge, specially in the management of mass disaster victim identification.