Radiological examination of mass disaster victims – position statement of the Forensic Imaging Examinations Commission at the Polish Society of Forensic Medicine and Criminology

Borowska-Solonynko, Aleksandra; Dabkowska, Agnieszka; Moskała, Artur; Teresiński, Grzegorz; Woźniak, Krzysztof

doi:10.5114/amsik.2018.83098

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“…Since this disaster, INTERPOL has adopted the radiology reporting form into the latest version of the Pink forms (https://www.interpol.int/ en/How-we-work/Forensics/Disaster-Victim-Identification-DVI last visited April 2019). ISFRI has published a positional statement on this and other reporting forms for radiology reporting in DVI [12], and the Polish Society of Forensic Medicine and Criminology has published a positional statement recommending the use of the INTERPOL radiology reporting form [14].…”

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Remote post-mortem radiology reporting in disaster victim identification: experience gained in the 2017 Grenfell Tower disaster

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On 14 June 2017 at 00:54 h, the worst residential fire since the conclusion of the Second World War broke out in Flat 16, 4th floor of the 24-storey residential Grenfell Tower Block of flats, North Kensington, West London, UK. Seventy-one adults and children died, including one stillbirth. All victims of the Grenfell Tower disaster who died at the scene underwent post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) imaging using a mortuary-sited mobile computed tomography scanner. For the first time, to the authors' knowledge, the disaster victim identification (DVI) radiology reporting was undertaken remote to the mortuary scanning. Over an 11-week period, 119 scans were undertaken on 16 days, with up to 18 scans a day. These were delivered to a remote reporting centre at Leicester on 13 days with between 2 and 20 scans arriving each day. Using a disaster-specific process pathway, a team of 4 reporters, with 3 support staff members, trialled a prototype INTERPOL DVI radiology reporting form and produced full radiology reports and supporting image datasets such that they were able to provide 96% of prototype DVI forms, 99% of image datasets and 86% of preliminary reports to the DVI teams in London within one working day of image receipt. This paper describes the first use of remote radiology reporting for DVI and exemplifies how remote PMCT reporting can be used to support a DVI process of this scale. Keywords Forensic. Grenfell Tower. Mass fatality. Disaster victim identification. Post-mortem computed tomography. Remote radiology reporting. INTERPOL Guy N. Rutty and Claire Robinson contributed equally to this work.

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Remote post-mortem radiology reporting in disaster victim identification: experience gained in the 2017 Grenfell Tower disaster

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“…In this context, imaging exams are an important source of information for post-mortem human identification, and their use makes the process more agile and less costly 7,8 . In addition, radiographic examinations make it possible for dental age estimation methods to be carried out with practicality in social security, adoption or criminal liability areas when the suspect's age is questioned [9][10][11] .…”

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Uso de acervos de imagens em pesquisas na Odontologia Legal: reflexões éticas, bioéticas e legais

Pinto

Borges

Machado

et al. 2021

Medicina (Ribeirão Preto)

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Objetivo: Realizar um levantamento dos artigos científicos que utilizaram acervos de imagem como fonte de pesquisa em Odontologia Legal e discutir essa utilização sob perspectivas éticas, bioéticas e legais. Material e Métodos: Foi realizada uma busca de artigos científicos nas bases de dados Lilacs, PubMed e Scielo entre os anos de 2015 e 2019 utilizando descritores nos idiomas português, inglês e espanhol. Foram incluídos apenas artigos da área de Odontologia Legal que utilizaram acervos de imagem como fonte de informação. Foram excluídos estudos laboratoriais ou clínicos, arqueológicos ou antropológicos, relatos de caso ou artigos de revisão, estudos prospectivos ou que utilizaram exames de imagem não pertencentes a acervos. Resultados: Foram selecionados 171 artigos científicos. Desses, 22,80% (n=39) foram realizados por autores vinculados a instituições brasileiras, e 77,19% (n=132) mencionaram aprovação por comitê de ética em pesquisa ou instituição correspondente com (ou sem) necessidade de Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido (TCLE). Conclusão: Os acervos de imagem compreendem uma importante fonte de informação para pesquisas em Odontologia Legal dada a quantidade de publicações realizadas no período avaliado. A maioria dos artigos mencionou aprovação ética e respeito à privacidade dos participantes, conforme os requisitos estabelecidos para dispensa do TCLE.

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Knowledge and attitudes of Polish prosecutors and general Polish population in regard to post-mortem computed tomography in 2019

Prokopowicz,

Borowska-Solonynko,

Brzozowska

et al. 2023

AMSIK

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Post-mortem computer tomography (PMCT) is an imaging technique that is gaining popularity both worldwide and in Poland. It provides certain benefits in death investigation that a conventional autopsy is not able to, however, it has significant limitations. As PMCT and post-mortem computed angiography (PMCTA) continue to develop in this country, it is critical to become aware what people know and think about these imaging techniques, especially the prosecutors who officially order such examinations to be performed. In 2019, two concurrent surveys were administered to Polish prosecutors and general Polish population, respectively, regarding their current knowledge and opinions on PMCT. The results were collected both online and on paper, and then subjected to analysis. In total, 92 prosecutors and 227 non-prosecutors responded to the survey. The present authors observed that while prosecutors were more likely to have heard of this examination than the general public, their knowledge was often inadequate or incorrect. Conventional autopsy was still held as the gold standard in death investigation. However, a good popular sentiment towards PMCT was shown, and a desire to learn more about it – not just among prosecutors, but among the general public as well. The present authors’ recommendation is that more courses and training should be organised for Polish prosecutors to compensate this knowledge gap.

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Radiological examination of mass disaster victims – position statement of the Forensic Imaging Examinations Commission at the Polish Society of Forensic Medicine and Criminology

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References 6 publications

Remote post-mortem radiology reporting in disaster victim identification: experience gained in the 2017 Grenfell Tower disaster

Remote post-mortem radiology reporting in disaster victim identification: experience gained in the 2017 Grenfell Tower disaster

Uso de acervos de imagens em pesquisas na Odontologia Legal: reflexões éticas, bioéticas e legais

Knowledge and attitudes of Polish prosecutors and general Polish population in regard to post-mortem computed tomography in 2019

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