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- Mass fatality incidents need a collaborative approach from various agencies and professionals to manage the recovery and identification of human remains effectively.
- Forensic anthropologists play a crucial role in these situations by helping recover remains, interpreting skeletal injuries, and identifying victims, although most literature focuses on larger incidents with heavily fragmented remains.
- This article aims to clarify what constitutes a "mass fatality incident" for legal purposes and highlight the forensic anthropologist's contributions across different types of incidents.
Article Abstract
Mass fatality incidents require a multi-agency, multidisciplinary response to effectively and efficiently manage the recovery and identification of human remains. The forensic anthropologist is uniquely suited for a significant role in the disaster response, demonstrated in the recovery and triage of human remains, interpretation of skeletal trauma, and identification of victims. However, the majority of published literature discusses these response operations in the context of large-scale incidents with significant numbers of highly fragmented and commingled human remains, which does not reflect the operational reality of mass fatality incidents in the United States. This article provides a realistic definition of the term "mass fatality incident" for medicolegal jurisdictions and provides the contributions of the forensic anthropologist for all types of incidents.
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