Dead or Alive: Managing Both in Mass Fatality Incidents

Description

Disasters are often best remembered by the number of dead left in their wake. Mass fatality incidents are not something that traditional emergency responders or healthcare professionals often care to dwell on. But developing fatality management infrastructure is critical for local jurisdictions and must include a multi-disciplinary approach. Not only is it important to identify and return the dead to their families, it is also imperative to use the best practices to protect our workers in the aftermath of such an event. This online, interactive session will provide insight into these and other fatality management priorities.

Registration Information

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Presenter

Marty Luna, D-ABMDI, is the coroner for Laramie County, Wyoming. He previously served as the strategic planning administrator for the Denver Department of Safety Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI). Prior to joining Denver UASI, Marty was a training coordinator and instructor for Texas A&M University System’s Emergency Services Training Institute in the Weapons of Mass Destruction Incident Management Program facilitating training for emergency responders in the management of terrorist events. Marty served 19 years with the Cheyenne Police Department prior to becoming director of Laramie County emergency management in 1998. Mr. Luna holds an AAS degree in criminal justice and is a graduate of the 176^th session of the FBI National Academy. In April 1998, he completed FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute’s Professional Development Series, and in June of 2005, was appointed a certified instructor for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as well as was certified as a hazardous materials operations level responder. Marty is a member of the American College of Forensic Examiners, and is a diplomate of the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators. He serves as a coach in power lifting for Special Olympics of Wyoming.

Learner Objectives

By the end of this session participants will be able to:

• Identify key fatalities management issues

• Define operational response capabilities
• Describe roles and responsibilities of responders

Target Audience

This session would be appropriate for the following audiences:

• Local and state public health practitioners
• Public health nurses
• Local and state emergency management staff
• Medicolegal death investigators
• Funeral professionals

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