Principles of Embalming

medium index of HCHO

19-27

Absolute minimum for a door opening in the funeral home

3 feet

Ziegler Case

A gasketed container which can be used as an insert into a casket or as a separate shipping container

type of pressure is indicated by the injector gauge needle when the arterial tube is open and the solution is flowing into the body?

Actual pressure

the... artery course along the lateral margins of the crest of the tibia, passes through the center of the anterior surface of the ankle joint and becomes the dorsalis pedis artery

Anterior tibial

After arterial injection, you find an area of the body that did not receive sufficent fluid, the following may be employed

Arterial embalm

Type of embalming used to prepare general and localized body regions

Arterial embalming

Commonly associated with methods of disinfection and sterilization.

Ascites

just behind the medial border of the caracobrachialis muscle is the snatomical guide for which artery

Axillary

Cause(s) of death warrants the involvement if a coroner or medical examiner?

Blunt force trauma to the head

Legal document granting permission for transport and/ or final disposition of a dead human body.

Burial- transit permit

Arterial embalming also referred to as...

Capillary embalming

PPE does not include

Cotton apron

Somatic death

Death of the organism as a whole.

two major postmortem factors the interfere with good arterial distribution

Deaths due to heart failure and carbon monoxide poisining, refrgigeration and transfer of the body, rigor mortis and decomp, and partial and full autopsied cases.

Agonal algor

Decrease in body temperature immediately before death

Agency that promulgated in April, 1984, and governs the activities of the Funeral Service profession.

Federal Trade Comity (FTC)

When injecting perservative fluid directly into tissue, the embalmer is using what kind o embalming?

Hypodermic

Pioneer in the study of grief management suggesting " there is no escaping the slow wisdom of grief".

Linderman

Settling of blood brought about by a discoloration appearing within hours after death?

Liver mortis

Employee's funeral director/ embalmer license number not include in what?

Occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogen report

Included in a case report

Place of death

Pacemaker must be remover when?

Prior to crmation

Embalming persevatives and germicides primarily act on the body's...

Proteins

Inexpert tests of death

Pulse

which structure of the heart is the central point of blood drainage?

Right atrium

Embalming a body or region (arm or face) by the injection of an embalming solution into an artery which in life supplied blood to the particular body region is referred to as

Sectional embalming

Health and Safety issues associated with embalming are addressed by which of the following compliances?

The Blood born pathogen rule

When preparing and/ or embalming a dead human body the embalmer must always...

Use universal percaution

instrument allows the embalmer to inject both legs, arms or sides of the head at the same time.

Y tube

A body must be embalmed if...

a person died of a communicable disease, transported interstate by common carrier, public viewing

Physical postmortem change

algor mortis, hypostasis, increase in blood viscosity, and translocation of microbes

instruments used to disect fat and fascia

anerurysm needle

treating pustular or ulcerative lesions, what should be completed?

aspirate pus from the pustle, swab the pocket of the aspirated leasion with disinfectant, apply sectional embalming, apply surface compress

Formaldehyde warning signs must include

authorized personel only, danger, irritant and potential cancer hazard

Interstate

between two or more states

Two factors play a vital role i the degree of intensity of post mortem lividity

blood volume and blood viscosity

intrinsic factor

cause of death and microbial influences

Type of embalming limited to treatments of the walls, organs, contents, excertions and secretions within body cavities?

cavity embalming

linear guide to the radial artery

center of the antecubital fossa to the center of the base of the index finger.

linear guide to the axillary artery?

center of the axillary space to the center of the forearm.

linear guide for the brachial artery is from the

center of the base of the axillary space to the center of the inner bend of the elbow

linear guide for the femoral artery

center of the inguinal ligament to the center of the medial condyle of the femur

Linear guide for the popliteal artery is from the

center of the popliteal space to the long axis of the lower extremity.

massage cream is used for

clean tissue pores, prolong dehydration, prevent friction during message and base for cosmetics

Sign of death

clouding cornea, muscular flaccidity, and cessation of respiration

anatomical guide for the ... artery is along the medial border of the sternocelidomastoid muscle

common carotid

Factors in making pre embalming analysis

conditions of the body, effects produced by disease processes, effects produced by drugs or surgical procedures, and effects of the post- mortem period between death and embalming.

Factor in determining the number of air exchanges per hour

contents in the room,whether more than one embalming is in process at the time, and the shape of the room.

anatomical guide for the axillary artery is the medial border of the

coracobreachialis muscle

movement of gases in the tissues creating a crackling sound is

crepitation

dictates the position of the deceased hands

custom

Agonal period includes

death rattle, death struggle, and period of death

Signs of decomp

desquamation, gases, and odor

Difference between potential and actual pressures

differential pressure

instrument used to drain blood from the dead human body?

drain tube

An example of an unfair deceptive practice

embalming without permission

Agonal edema

escape of blood serum from an intravascular to an extravascular location immediately before death

waterless embalming would best served in what case?

extreme edema, refrigerated, and emaciated

Index is a measure of fluid strength which consider the percentage of

formaldehyde

Most significant chemical exposure to embalmers?

formaldehyde

Work Practice controls include

hand washing, proper handling and diposal of contaminated wastes, and adequate housekeeping

A material safety data sheet is obtained when?

hazardous materials or substances are shipped by a manufacturer.

apparatus is connected to the water supply in which suction is developed (when water is turner on)?

hydroaspirator

Agonal fever

increase in body temperature immediately before death

If teeth or detures are not present prior to beginning the embalming process

insert a mouth former and insert cotton

the ulnar artery lies along the... border of the flexor capri ulnaris muscle

lateral

natural closure of the eyes, the eyelids should meet at the

lower one third of the orbit

Not a time period of embalming analysis

making generalizations

A full autopsied body would require what type of embalming?

multipoint embalming

When positioning the hands the body should appear

natural and comfortable

method of mouth closure employs wire through bone

needle injector

Two major parts of embalming analysis

observe the body conditions and plan the treatment

Most likely place to locate a prep room?

on the first floor which is least costly.

temporary rise in body temp after death

postmortem calorcity

dilution of concentrated arterial fluid as prepared by the embalmer is

primary dilution

Embalming

process of chemically treating the dead human body to reduce the presence and growth of microorganisms, to temporarily inhibit organic decomposition, and to restore an acceptable physical appearance

Anatomical guide for the ... artery is just lateral to the tendon of the flexor capri radialis muscle

radial

indicates the speed at which fluid is injected and measured in ounces per minute?

rate of flow

A method of injection wherein both common carotid arteries are raised and injected is

restricted cervical injection

Basic ethical axiom of the funeral service

reverence for the dead

An individual dies as a result of arteriosclerosis, which vessels would give the best distribution

right common carotid

When using restricted cervical injection, which vein is used for drainage

right internal jugular

instrument used to hold the artery and vein after being procured and being incised?

seperator

Ascites is characterized by

serous fluid in the abdominal cavity

Agonal hypostasis

settling of blood into the dependent tissues of the body.

chemical postmortem change

shift in pH, postmortem caloricity, postmortem stain, and rigor mortis

Invasive devices:

should be removed and area treated and should always be discarded in a bio- hazard container.

type of death occurs once the body has lost its ability to function physiologically and metabolically.

somatic death

linear guide for the common carotid artery

sternoclavicular articulation to the anterior surface of the lobe of the ear

the right common carotid artery begins at which level

sternoclaviculat anticulation

arterial fluid injected into an edematous body will be

strengthened

Common carotid arteries terminate at which level

superior of the thyroid cartilage.

Primary concern of the embalmer

the effects and conditions

Factor in embalming analysis

the embalming machine being used

during embalming the head should be

tilted to the right approximately 15 degrees.

which artery may be located along the line from the center of the sntecubital fossa to a point between the 4th and 5th digits of the upper extremity?

ulnar

What manner should the embalming analysis be reported?

via documentation (embalming case report)

the lips can be held closed during embalming by

wet cotton strips, glue, massage cream, and sutures

when raising vessles there are two general rules

when both the artery and the vein are to be used, always raise the superficial vessel first and when both the artery and the vein are used at the same location always insert instruments into the deepest vessel first