The Forensic Nurse

North Georgia College, on of the partners in the upcoming Adult SANE Training  at Northside Hospital Forysth in May 2009, is announcing another training opportunity.

Course: The Investigation of Mass Fatalities & Human Identification

When: March 16-17 2009

Where: North Geogia College campus

Overview: Topics to be covered will be mass fatality incident response, processing and management of mass fatality scenes, critical stress management for responders, human facial reconstruction, DNA applications for human identification, and forensic odontological identification methodologies.

Learn from experts who have worked at many major national and international disasters as they share their first-hand experiences and explain how this information can benefit you in your daily work.

Presenters:

Human Facial Reconstruction
Mary Manhein
Professor Mary H. Manhein will discuss the role of the forensic
anthrolopologist in a mass fatality event and the utilization of digital
resources in the identification of skeletonized human remains.
Manhein has handled more than 1,000 forensic cases and works with
law enforcement agencies all over the country. She is the author of
The Bone Lady: Life as a Forensic Anthropologist and Trail of Bones.
Manhein has over 27 years of experience as a forensic anthropologist.
She is also the director of the FACES Lab at Louisiana State University,
director of the Louisiana Repository for Unidentified and Missing
Persons Information Program, and professional in residence at LSU.

Mass Fatality Incident & Scene Management
Cotton Howell
Cotton Howell will give insight into all facets of command and
control of mass fatality events. Howell has been deployed to
numerous recent disasters such as the floods in North Carolina,
Egypt Air crash, Alaska Air crash, the World Trade Center on
Sept. 11, 2001, the crematory incident in Georgia in 2002, and
Hurricane Katrina. He has been featured in the Discovery Channel
documentary on disaster response teams.
Howell is a Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) and has been the
director of the York County (SC) Office of Emergency Management
since 1983. He is a registered nurse and a member of the
Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, and the Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team, of
which he is the commander of DMORT Region 4.

Mass Fatalities & Post-mortem Dental Examination
Dr. Richard A. Weems
Dr. Richard A. Weems will discuss dental identification in a major
loss of life event. He will share his experience in conducting dental
identification at the site of the World Trade Center disaster.
Weems is a forensic odontologist and assistant professor of
dentistry at UAB. He has been a dental consultant to the Alabama
Department of Forensic Sciences since 1987. In this time, he has
investigated over 100 cases involving criminal human bitemark
analysis and victim identification through dental remains resulting
from homicide and accidental death.
Critical Incident Stress and PTSD
Dr. Grady Bray
Dr. Grady Bray brings over 30 years of experience to the lectern
regarding critical stress debriefing of police, fire, and emergency
workers at the scenes of mass fatality events. Additionally, Bray
possesses a unique expertise in the recognition and diagnosis of
PTSD in mass fatality workers.
Bray established the Family Assistance and Training program for
Kenyon International Emergency Services, where he served as vice
president from 2000 to 2006. During this period, he responded to
many major world disasters, including the 9/11 attacks on the World
Trade Center, the tsunami in Thailand, Hurricane Katrina, and the
Helios Airways crash in Athens, Greece.
HAZMAT and Bio Terrorism Response
FBI Hazardous Materials Response Unit
Experts from the FBI’s Hazardous Material Response Unit (HMRU)
will address attendees regarding federal response and coordination in
the event of chemical and bio-hazard fatalities. The HMRU responds
to criminal acts and incidents that involve hazardous materials. The
unit also develops technical proficiency and readiness for crime
scene and evidence-related operations in cases involving chemical,
biological, and radiological materials and wastes, as well as training
US and international law enforcement in these skills.
Applications of DNA for Human Identification
Dr. Mark Wilson
Dr. Mark Wilson will discuss identification through the utilization
of state of the art DNA techniques. Wilson is an internationally
recognized expert on the topic of mitochondrial DNA and human
identification. He is also the director of the forensic science program
at Western Carolina University. Wilson is a retired special agent in
charge with the FBI’s DNA Laboratory.

Full Brochure Download: http://www.theforensicnurse.com/FS_NGSCU_2-10-09.pdf

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