Embalming II - Chapter 18

organ donation yay

Tissue donation involves the donation of…

skin, eye tissue, ligaments, bones

Organ donation involves the donation of…

kidney, heart, liver, etc.

enacted in all states and D.C. to provide regulations regarding postmortem organ and tissue donation. It allows any person 18 years or older to donate all organs and tissues of his/her body for transplantation, research, or educational purposes.

The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

Donation of the human cornea

Eye Enucleation

The most common issue after enucleation is

swelling and ecchymosis

To control swelling of the eyelids:

Use restricted cervical injection

Avoid pre-injection procedures

Use a stronger solution

If leakage occurs from the eye orbitals during injection, allow it to drain

Embalming complications that follow a vertebral donor:

possible leakage occurring from posterior region; loss of rigidity

What tissue recovery is considered the most dramatic:

Long bone donation

Should you use a pre injection for a long bone donation?

Pre injection

What arterial solution index should be used with a long bone donor?

25 of higher

This method of embalming a long bone donor involves leaving procurement sutures in place

The free flow method

the embalmer opens all procurement sutures, packs the legs with absorbent material saturated with undiluted cavity fluid and re-sutures the legs (sutures should be “locked down” every 5 inches)

Hint: This pertains to a long bone donor

Saturated packing

In the statured packing method sutures should be “locked down” every how many inches?

5 inches

procurement team uses a machine called a dermatome to peel or shave thin layers of the skin:

Hint: This is a type of skin donation

Partial thickness donation

procurement specialist removes the vascular layer of skin (down to the muscle layer) using a scalpel:

Hint: This is a type of skin donation

Full thickness donation

What is the best type of garment for skin donation?

Plastic garments