Embalming II - Chapter 19

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What are three common problems that come from delayed embalming?

Distribution problems

The body swells more easily

The body may need an increased preservative demand

What are some manual aids for achieving adequate distribution?

massaging, squeezing the sides of the fingers and nailbeds, rotating/flexing limbs, elevation, weights, compresses, pneumatic collars

What are some mechanical aids for achieving adequate distribution?

drainage tubes, controlled pressure and rate of flow, use of pulsation

What are some operative aids for achieving adequate distribution?

channeling, incising, excising

For under embalmed areas, the embalmer has three options to use. What are they?

Arterial injection

Hypodermic injection

Surface embalming

This type of injection involves the use of two carotid arteries

Restricted Cervical Injection

What part of the body should be injected first when using the restricted cervical injection:

Trunk and limbs

What arterial solution index is recommended when dealing with delayed embalming?

25 index or higher

If the body has been delayed embalming, and has not been autopsied should you inject fast or slow?

Slow

Affects all body muscles when the body cannot replenish ATP

This rapidly occurs in bodies with high temperatures and where exertion or exercise have preceded death

Rigor mortis

Rigor mortis is recognized in the average body after how many hours?

2-4 hours

How many hours after death is rigor mortis fully established?

6-12 hours

How long does it take for rigor mortis to pass?

Generally 36 hours

What are the three stages of rigor mortis?

Primary flaccidity

The period of rigor

Secondary flaccidity

When a body is in rigor what type of injection may be best?

What vein is the best for drainage?

6 point injection

Right internal jugular vein

If a body has been refrigerated for a long time, should you inject slow or fast?

Slow

Post-mortem stain can make formaldehyde appear this color:

Gray

Should you pour warm water on a frozen body?

No

(Instead, one day blinding stew)

first discoloration is greenish on the — — quadrant and gradually outlines the large intestine

Lower right

Why is the lower right quadrant the first part of the body to become discolored?

This discoloration is the reaction between hydrogen sulfide produced in the colon after death and the breakdown of hemoglobin

Should you pre-inject an early decomp body?

No

Should a early decomp case be waterless?

Yes

Regarding a body in adavced decomp:

If possible, raise and inject the R Common Carotid with how many gallon(s) of undiluted high-index fluid?

1 gallon

The abdominal and thoracic cavities should be aspirated and filled with — or more bottles of undiluted cavity fluid

Hint: To pertains to delayed embalming cases

Three