NTSB Training Center.
Title Transportation Disaster Response – Mass Fatality Incidents for Medicolegal Professionals
Description This course examines the principles of managing the medicolegal response to transportation-related mass fatality incidents.  Areas that will be addressed include managing search and recovery operations, the antemortem and postmortem data collection process, quality assurance, and interacting with family members’ regarding medicolegal issues. 

Course faculty includes NTSB staff, forensic scientists, and local/state agency representatives with a variety of experience in mass fatality response.
ID Code TDA403
Date, Tuition
and Fee

August 30 – September 1, 2011
$1,090 for all applications with payment received by July 30, 2011
$1,198 for all applications with payment received July 31 to August 21, 2011
$1,248 for all applications submitted between August 22 and 12:00 pm (noon) ET on August 29, 2011
$50 processing fee will be added to tuitions for all offline applications. A tuition invoice can be ordered for a $15 processing fee.  All payments must be received by August 29 or admission will be denied.
Times

9 am - 5 pm

Location NTSB Training Center • 45065 Riverside Parkway • Ashburn, Virginia 20147
Status

OPEN.  Applications are now being accepted.

Apply to Attend

August 30 - September 1, 2011
CEUs

2

Overview
  • History and evolution of mass fatality incident response
  • Roles of local, state, and federal agencies involved in transportation mass fatality response
  • Victim search and recovery methods
  • Morgue operations and logistics
  • Collection of antemortem and postmortem data
  • Data management and quality control
  • Interacting with families regarding medicolegal mass fatality operations
  • Role of the medicolegal professional in family assistance center operations
  • Local, state, and federal mass fatality planning efforts
  • Table top exercise and panel discussions
Performance Results

Upon completion of this course the participant will be able to:

  • Explain the processes and methods employed in managing a mass fatality incident response from a medicolegal perspective
  • Clarify the roles of local, state, and federal government agencies involved in the medicolegal response
  • Understand the variables that affect victim identification
  • Discuss the procedures for search and recovery of decedents
  • Identify the challenges of collecting and managing antemortem and postmortem data
  • Understand the importance of data management and quality control procedures
  • Explain the issues involved with interacting with family members regarding medicolegal topics
Who May Attend
  • Medical examiners, coroners, and their staff
  • Local, state, and federal medicolegal investigators
  • Forensic scientists: anthropologists, odontologists, pathologists, DNA analysts
  • Local, state, and federal mass fatality team members
  • Military mortuary team members and related personnel
  • State emergency management agency employees
  • Municipal, county, state, and federal public health and law enforcement agency personnel
  • Members of the academic community attending for research purposes (on a space-available basis)
Accommodations Area hotels and restaurants
Airports Washington Dulles International (IAD): 10 miles
Washington Ronald Reagan National (DCA): 30 miles
Baltimore/Washington International (BWI): 60 miles
More Information

Email TrainingCenter@ntsb.gov or call (571) 223-3900