Triage recovery
Definition
Recovery that prioritises the most complete or identifiable remains first, typically under time or resource pressure. Contrasted with systematic grid recovery, which treats all areas equally regardless of obvious remains density.
Related terms
- AM/PM data
- Ante-mortem data (records from life: dental charts, medical records, DNA reference samples) and post-mortem data (findings from the body after death). Identification...
- Body part number (BPN)
- A unique alphanumeric identifier assigned to every human-tissue fragment at the point of discovery, cross-referenced to its spatial coordinates and the personal...
- DVI (Disaster Victim Identification)
- The systematic multi-agency process for identifying victims of mass-casualty events, governed by the INTERPOL DVI Guide 2018 revision. Organises work into five...
- Interpol Yellow Notice
- An international alert issued to help identify unknown bodies; complemented by the DVI PM (post-mortem) form, which captures all physical, dental, and...
- Scene zoning
- The formal division of a disaster scene into sectors (hot zone, warm zone, cold zone) or operational grids, allocating search, recovery, and...
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- Disaster Victim Identification: Archaeological ContributionRecovery that prioritises the most complete or identifiable remains first, typically under time or resource pressure. Contrasted with systematic grid recovery,...