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- The text outlines the forensic response to the December 2016 terrorist attack at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, emphasizing collaboration with police forces.
- It highlights the challenge of identifying severe injuries in victims, as visual inspection may miss critical trauma, a phenomenon referred to as "Casper's sign."
- The implications of this issue can create a false sense of security for rescuers and lead to psychological distress for rescue personnel when seemingly stable patients unexpectedly die.
Article Abstract
We describe and discuss the forensic mission after the terrorist attack on the Breitscheidplatz in Berlin on 19th December 2016, focusing on co-operation with police authorities, and the injury patterns of the deceased. Even after massive blunt trauma, severe injury patterns are often unrecognizable by visual inspection of the body ("Casper's sign"), which could instill false security among rescuers or, as happened on the Breitscheidplatz, may lead to distress or even trauma in rescue personnel when obviously primarily uninjured patients die suddenly.
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