Death scene investigation and autopsy proceedings in identifying the victims of the terror attack on the Breitscheidplatz in Berlin 19
Blunt trauma
Casper’s sign
Death scene investigation
Disaster victim identification (DVI)
Forensic autopsy
Journal
Forensic science, medicine, and pathology
ISSN: 1556-2891
Titre abrégé: Forensic Sci Med Pathol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101236111
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 2020
09 2020
Historique:
accepted:
16
06
2020
pubmed:
1
8
2020
medline:
7
4
2021
entrez:
1
8
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32734590
doi: 10.1007/s12024-020-00277-6
pii: 10.1007/s12024-020-00277-6
pmc: PMC7449987
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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