Establishing Identification of Deceased
Several methods exist to properly identify a deceased person. It is critical that positive and accurate identification is made. This course covers those methods and obstacles in an identification.
This course is approved for 1.5 hours of continuing education credits by Missouri POST, American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators (ABMDI)(pending)
Who Should Take This Course
Establishing the proper identification of a deceased is important for both family contact and criminal investigations. Law enforcement has several methods of establishing identification when visual identification is not available, or questionable.
This online course will walk the student through the three categories of decedent identification and how each one is used. Further, students will learn how facial approximations and forensic anthropology is used in skeletal and mass disaster situations. Then the course introduces the student to various networks and databases used to match DNA and missing person reports. Lastly, the course will spend time explaining how tattoos, scars, and medical devices are used as presumptive identification and the cautions that should be taken with these identification methods.
Our online video training and is designed to be interactive with students by random quizzes and, in some cases, a final exam. Student login times, location IP, and activity time within the course are tracked per student by Mixpanel to verify the time spent in the course if needed. Videos cannot be fast-forwarded or skipped, and testing cannot be done until the videos are fully watched.
Many of the videos have a unique symbol or picture that will appear prominently in the video and is part of the test questions, this will ensure the video has been watched, quizzes must be passed with a 100% so missing the proof of watch image will ensure the quiz is not passed and thus the student cannot move forward in the course. Also, all quizzes are presented in random question-answer order so each quiz attempt will have questions and answers in an order different than previously shown. This prevents students from sharing answers with other students.
Certificates will only be available for print after the successful completion of the course material. Each certificate will indicate that it was an online training and will note the approval control number and the CLEE hours given.
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Establishing Decedent Identity
How forensic Anthropology helps identification
Facial Approximations
Quiz: Establishing Decedent Identity
Collecting Ink Prints
Collecting Digital Prints
Collecting Fingerprints for Identification
Tattoos and Social Media
Case Reviews of Unidentified
Wrong Man Buried
Postmortem Identification
Mass Casualty Management of Dead Bodies
Missouri Law Enforcement CLEE Request
Yes. This course is open to students who are wanting to enter the field of death investigation as well as working professionals. It is our goal to help you prepare for the job you are wanting by providing nationally accepted training.
You will have access to the course material for six months. This, however, does not take into account natural disasters or a major interruption in business.
The course is an all-inclusive course. So, each student will receive a certificate at the end of all course work denoting credits and approval numbers along with the date of completion.
If you have other questions, please email us or call our academy directly at 1-888-556-0177.
The refund formula is as follows: Students may request a refund of an online course tuition prior to 30-days after purchase and if less than 50% of the course content has been accessed. Refunds are calculated based on the percentage of accessed content. For example, if 10% completed then a 90% refund will be issued, if 25% completed is 75% refund, and so on. *No refund will be given after 30 days or if completion is 50% or more* Multiple payments for the same course: In cases where the student made extra payment (same course bought multiple times) for the same course, a refund will be issued upon request. There will be a 3.7% transaction cost charged by credit card processor per transaction. All online training courses are tested extensively on all types of systems, browsers, and devices. We can assist you to get started with the course if you are having any trouble.