Forensics Week 08

Question 1

What is a disaster

Answer 1

Mass fatality incident (MFI). A sudden great misfortune or mishap, a calamity

Question 2

What is Reverse Triage

Answer 2

the less wounded are treated first as to extend the use of limited medical supplies and staff

Question 3

During a flooding, what is rare

Answer 3

Fragmentation of body into small pieces

Question 4

90% of death during a hurricane are due to what

Answer 4

drowning

Question 5

How do you recognize a cementery burial

Answer 5

Decomp degree is higher in the cemetery burials. Clothing style. Adipocere may be noticable

Question 6

Causes of death during a volcanic eruption

Answer 6

toxic gas poisoning, suffocation, heat stress and burning

Question 7

What is a blodout fracture

Answer 7

Exploding skull due to vapour pressure in the canal

Question 8

How does the pugiistic position occur

Answer 8

shrinkage of muscles results in the postion during heat related incidents

Question 9

What is calcine

Answer 9

total burn away of organic components and water in bone

Question 10

How do the main death occur during earthquakes

Answer 10

falling buildings

Question 11

Landslide victims show similar injuries to what

Answer 11

flooding victims

Question 12

When does a pandemic occur

Answer 12

When a contagious diseases spreads through human populations on multiple continents and kills many people

Question 13

how many people did spanish influenza kill

Answer 13

20-50 million during 1918 -1920

Question 14

how does spanish influenza work

Answer 14

Creating a cytokine store, over reaction of the immune system

Question 15

What are technological disasters

Answer 15

Transportation, Construction, Industrial and Radiation. Fires from gas explosions, bombs, mass shootings, crime etc

Question 16

What causes fragmentation during air plane crashes

Answer 16

impact g force

Question 17

What are causes of death during nuclear blasts and accidents

Answer 17

percussion injuries, suffocation, dust inhalation, smoke inhalation, skin burns and radiation sickness

Question 18

What are the three types of injuries during a bombing

Answer 18

Primary, Secondary, Teritary

Question 19

What happens during a primary blast injury

Answer 19

Occur to the brain and body. Organs containing air suffer most

Question 20

What happens during a secondary blast injury

Answer 20

Damage comes from being hit with flying debris

Question 21

What happens during tertiary blast injury

Answer 21

Damage occurs from being throw against a wall/vehicle

Question 22

In suicide bombings, what is often left

Answer 22

Only the head of the bombing