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DISASTER MORTUARY [2 records]

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Record 1 2012-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Emergency Management
DEF

A permanent facility or a temporary structure, located in the designated zone either at or near an incident site, to which recovered dead bodies and human remains are brought for identification or forensic examinations and where they are kept until they are transported to another location or released.

OBS

disaster mortuary; disaster morgue: terms and definition standardized by the Canadian Capability-Based Planning Terminology Committee and the Translation Bureau.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Gestion des urgences
DEF

Installation permanente ou structure temporaire située dans la zone désignée sur le lieu ou à proximité d'un lieu d'incident, dans laquelle on amène les corps et les restes humains récupérés pour identification ou conduite d'examens médico-légaux et où on les conserve jusqu'au moment de leur transport vers un autre endroit ou jusqu'à leur libération.

OBS

morgue postcatastrophe; morgue en cas de catastrophe : termes et définition normalisés par le Comité de terminologie de la planification axée sur les capacités au Canada et le Bureau de la traduction.

Key term(s)
  • morgue post-catastrophe

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Emergency Management
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
DEF

A civilian response team that manages the entire mortuary process when a fatality incident occurs, from body recovery and identification to final disposition of the body or human remains.

OBS

A disaster mortuary operational response team may combine any of the following specialists: coroners, medical examiners, forensic anthropologists, radiological technicians, fingerprint specialists, forensic pathologists, forensic odontologists, funeral directors, embalmers and investigators as well as support staff.

OBS

disaster mortuary operational response team: term and definition standardized by the Canadian Capability-Based Planning Terminology Committee and the Translation Bureau.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des urgences
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
DEF

Équipe d'intervention civile qui prend en charge tout le processus mortuaire lors d'un incident causant des décès, depuis la récupération et l'identification des corps ou des restes humains jusqu'à leur disposition finale.

OBS

Une équipe d'intervention mortuaire postcatastrophe peut comprendre une combinaison des spécialistes suivants : coroners, médecins légistes, anthropologues légistes, techniciens en radiologie, spécialistes d'empreintes digitales, pathologistes judiciaires, odontologistes légistes, directeurs de funérailles, embaumeurs, investigateurs et personnel de soutien.

OBS

équipe d'intervention mortuaire postcatastrophe : terme et définition normalisés par le Comité de terminologie de la planification axée sur les capacités au Canada et le Bureau de la traduction.

Spanish

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