Embalming Theory 1: Mid Term Prep.

A descriptive reference for locating arteries and veins by means of identifying anatomical structures.

Anatomical guide

designates the boundaries of arteries; the point of origin and the point of termination of the artery are given in relation to adjacent structures.

Anatomical limit

This type of embalming utilizes the blood vascular system to deliver preservative solutions to all areas of the body at once.

Arterial Embalming

The withdrawal of gas, fluids, and semisolids from body cavities and hollow viscera by means of suction is called:

Aspiration

A form for bodies being shipped to another funeral facility. It describes the condition of the body at the shipping location and requests notification of any problems encountered by the receiving funeral facility. Accompanied by a copy of the Decedent Care Report.

Attention Funeral Director

Authorizes minimum care when embalming is not requested

Authorization for Minimum Care Services

This form gives necessary permission when extensive or operative restoration work may be necessary in the preparation of the body

Authorization for Restorative and Cosmetic Care

Used when a funeral facility prepares a body where organs and/or tissues have been donated

Authorization to prepare donation cases for viewing.

Which of the following is not a classification of embalming?

Autopsy Embalming

The reverse flow of liquids within a system cause by siphonage and pressure variables?

Backflow

A one-way valve installed in the water supply line that services the facility?

Backflow preventor

A mental image we have of other people, their characteristics and their mannerisms is called:

Body Image

This form must be completed in lieu of an embalming report for each deceased human body brought into the care of a funeral or an embalming facility. A copy of the report must accompany the body being shipped or transported to another funeral facility.

Decedent Care Report

Which of the following would NOT be considered a postmortem physical change?

Decomposition

This reading indicates the amount of resistance in the body, in the arterial tube, and in the delivery hose running from the embalming machine to the arterial tube.

Differential Pressure

The consideration given to the dead body before, during, and after the embalming procedure is completed

Embalming Analysis

This form must be completed for each deceased human body brought into a funeral or an embalming facility for the purpose of embalming. A copy of this report must accompany the body being shipped or transported to another funeral facility.

Embalming Report

An aqueous solution containing 37% formaldehyde gas by mass in water, or in water and methyl alcohol would be called:

Formalin

The four divisions of OSHA include all of the following except:

Funeral Safety Rule

What four divisions of OSHA directly affect the funeral establisment?

General Rule, the Hazard Communication Standard, the Formaldehyde Rule, the Bloodborne Pathogen Rule.

The embalmer uses three solvents in various embalming treatments, what are they?

General solvent, tissue builder solvent, acetone.

Gives direction for disposition of the dead human body when a green burial ( Natural Burial) is requested.

Green Funeral Release and Indemnification

Mary has just opened the vein of the deceased for drainage, but can't seem to get a drain tube or angular forceps into the vein. What instrument can help her with this task?

Grooved Director

When using high index solutions, or embalming an emaciated body, this chemical may be used to restore hydration to tissues:

Humectant

Which of the following is not considered to be a property of Phenol?

Hydrating Agent

A solution that contains a greater quantity of a dissolved substance than what is found in the blood

Hypertonic

Gravitation of blood & body fluids to dependent areas of the body:

Hypostasis

A solution that contains less of a dissolved substance than what is found in blood

Hypotonic

Inactive dye serves what purpose in arterial fluid?

Inactive dye serves no purpose in the solution other than adding color to the bottle

This is a hospital-borne microbe that can infect the urinary tract, gut, and bloodstream.

Klebsiella pneumoniae

What are drawbacks of having a basement prep room?

Limited ceiling height, plumbing challenges, stairs can be an inconvenience and a hazard.

A line drawn or visualized on the surface of the skin to represent the approximate location of a deeper-lying structure

Linear guide

postmortem intravascular blood discoloration brought about by the presence of blood in the dependent surface vessels of the body

Livor mortis

Authorizes minimum care of the body. Provides a detailed description of "minimum care" that can be performed.

Minimum Care Authorization When Embalming is Declined

How does western culture view death?

Often ignored, feared, and seen as taboo.

Primary ingredient of mold inhibitors?

Phenol or thymol

The temporary rise in body temperature after death is called

Postmortem caloricity

What does cavity fluid do to the body cavity?

Preserves, disinfects, and deodorizes the organs within the cavities, contents of the hollow viscera, and walls of the cavities.

The temporary postmortem stiffening of body muscles by natural body processes

Rigor mortis

These documents contain critical information related to the hazards, exposure levels, and symptoms associated with the materials and hazardous substances.

Safety Data Sheets

Upon injection, the arterial solution becomes further diluted when it makes contact with tissue fluids; this is called?

Secondary dilution

From a historical standpoint, which of the following is true? Please choose the best answer

Since the time of Neanderthals, the body has been a treasured possession that is cared for after death

Verifies the identification of a decedent.

States who is making the identification, that the body has been viewed and identified, that the next of kin refuses to identify the remains but authorizes final disposition without positive identification, indemnifies the funeral facility of the body is incorrectly identified

A chemical that reduces the molecular cohesion and surface tension of a liquid, allowing it to flow through smaller spaces would be considered a

Surfactant

The cleaning of the body, instruments, and the embalming room following embalming of the body is called:

Terminal Disinfection

In 1963, this book was published, showing the funeral profession in an unpleasant light, and triggering backlashes from the funeral profession

The American way of death

Registers providers as approved shippers for transportation of human remains by common carries

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Standard anatomical position (position of reference)

The body is erect, feet together, arms at the sides, palms facing forward, and thumbs point away from the body.

Desirae is working on a case that has been deceased for three weeks. As she is massaging the tissues to allow for better diffusion, the skin from the decedent's leg comes off in her hand. What condition is the decedent suffering from? Choose the best answer

The process of desquamation, also known as skin slip

Chemical injected by hypodermic syringe and needle traditionally after arterial embalming

Tissue Builder (or filler)

When does rigor mortis usually pass natural?

Within 36-72 hrs

What are the four classifications of embalming?

arterial, cavity, hypodermic, surface

Translocation of microorganisms usually starts:

from colon bacteria

The release of heme into extravascular spaces following the rupture of red blood cells is called:

postmortem stain

The embalmer uses surface sanitizing agents when?

topically treating the surfaces of the body as well as the nasal and oral cavities.

A cooling or decrease in body temperature prior to death? (common when death occurs slowly; metabolism and circulation also slow)

Agonal algor

Cooling of the body to the temperature of the surrounding environment

Algor Mortis

Decedent care reports should describe:

All of the above

How much phonel is in cautery chemicals?

2-5% phonel

What is the 15 minute Short Term Exposure Limit?

2.0 ppm

High-index arterial fluids have a formaldehyde index ranging form _____ to ____.

26 to 38

Karen went to work last night, and there was a deceased in the preparation room in full rigor. When she returned in the morning, the rigor had passed. What is the most likely amount of time that the deceased has been dead?

36-72 hours

How wide should the prep room door be?

36-inch width is mandatory in many localities to accommodate caskets, mortuary equipment, and stretchers.

Carrie is injecting a body through 6 different points, and is becoming frustrated because she has to go back to the machine to shut it of every time she completes the injection in one area. What instrument could make things a little easier on her?

A stopcock, to stop the flow of fluid while she changes locations

According to the OSHA formaldehyde standard, the specific point at which an 8 hour exposure is considered unsafe is called:

Action Level

An increase in the amount of moisture, or fluids, in the tissues and the body cavities.

Agonal Edema

Used when the funeral home advises against viewing the body due to severe conditions such as trauma, fire, or decomposition, but the family wishes to view.

Trauma Viewing Without Embalming

Cavity embalming and hypodermic embalming require the use of this instrument to inject embalming chemicals into the body cavities and tissue.

Trocar

True or False Germicides are incorporated into arterial, cavity, coinjection fluids, and surface disinfectants?

True

True or False? The Funeral Rule apply to all states.

True

You have a case with severe edema throughout the entire body, and you're worried about leakage once the deceased is in the casket. Which of the following plastic garments would be the BEST choice to cover the full body?

Unionall