Death scene investigation and autopsy proceedings in identifying the victims of the terror attack on the Breitscheidplatz in Berlin 19

Claas Buschmann, Sven Hartwig, Michael Tsokos, Lars Oesterhelweg

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Article in Forensic science, medicine, and pathology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Claas BuschmannInstitute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Turmstr. 21, Haus N, 10559, Berlin, Germany. claas.buschmann@charite.de.ORCID 0000-0002-6161-3009

Sven HartwigInstitute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Turmstr. 21, Haus N, 10559, Berlin, Germany.

Michael TsokosInstitute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Turmstr. 21, Haus N, 10559, Berlin, Germany.

Lars OesterhelwegInstitute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Turmstr. 21, Haus N, 10559, Berlin, Germany.

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Abstract

We describe and discuss the forensic mission after the terrorist attack on the Breitscheidplatz in Berlin on 19th December 2016, focusing on co-operation with police authorities, and the injury patterns of the deceased. Even after massive blunt trauma, severe injury patterns are often unrecognizable by visual inspection of the body ("Casper's sign"), which could instill false security among rescuers or, as happened on the Breitscheidplatz, may lead to distress or even trauma in rescue personnel when obviously primarily uninjured patients die suddenly.

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Mass Casualty IncidentsTerrorismBerlinBrain Injuries, TraumaticCrush InjuriesFemaleForensic MedicineHumansMaleMultiple TraumaShock, HemorrhagicBlunt traumaCasper’s signDeath scene investigationDisaster victim identification (DVI)Forensic autopsy

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PMID32734590

DOI10.1007/s12024-020-00277-6

PMCPMC7449987

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