Mass Fatality Management Concise Field Guide

Mary H. Dudley, M.D., is the Chief Medical Examiner for Jackson County, Missouri. Dr. Dudley has been a member of the federal mass fatality team, DMORT, since 1993 and serves as pathology section leader in the morgue operation. She has been deployed to several federally declared disasters, including the Joplin, Missouri, tornado in May 2011; Hurricane Ike in 2008; Hurricane Katrina in 2005; and the Kirksville, Missouri, airplane crash in 2004. She helped obtain grant funding for equipment and volunteer personnel to establish the Kansas City Regional Mortuary Operations Response Group (KCR-MORG), a local resource for the Kansas City metropolitan region, in 2011. She actively assists in training others in mass fatality management.

• Acknowledgments, The Author, Introduction, 1 Mass Fatality Management Overview, 2 Administrative Operations, 3 Incident Site, 4 Morgue Operations, 5 Family Assistance Center, 6 Weapons of Mass Destruction, 7 Mass Burial Guidelines, Appendix A: Mass Fatality—Personnel Description, Appendix B: External Physical Examination Procedure, Appendix C: Standard Internal Body Examination Procedure, Appendix D: Dental Identification Procedure, Appendix E: Body Release, Appendix F: Resources, Appendix G: Logistics Equipment/Supplies List

"This soft cover, spiral-bound guide for mass fatality management is a useful resource. Although it is described as a "field guide," an additional important use is for preparation and training. ... Each chapter uses a clear bulleted format with illustrations and figures of actual forms. ... An accompanying CD-ROM contains the electronic form depicted in the figures in the text which investigators can use to enter data electronically. ... Overall, this is a well-organized, practical, and useful book." -James R. Gill, M.D., in the Journal of Forensic Science, Vol. 59, No. 5