CHP 11: GENERAL RESTORATIVE TREATMENTS Flashcards
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CLASSIFICATION OF CASES REQUIRING RESTORATIVE ART TREATMENT
- INJURY
- DISEASES
- PATHOLOGICAL CONDITION - POST MORTEM TISSUE CHANGES
- POST-EMBALMING TISSUE
CHANGES - NATURAL AGE PROGRESSION
WHAT IS THE ORDER OF RESTORATIVE TREATMENTS
1) PRE-EMBALMING
2) CONCURRENT
3) POST-EMBALMING
TYPES OF GENERAL RESTORATIVE TREATMENTS
- INCISION
- DISCOLORATION
- STAIN
- BLEACHING
- SURFACE STAIN REMOVERS
WHAT IS AN INCISION
- A CLEAN CUT INTO TISSUE OR SKIN
WHAT IS DISCOLORATION
- AN ABNx COLOR IN OR ON THE HUMAN BODY
- MAY BE REMOVED BY THE
ARTERIAL INJECTION
- LIVER MORTIS (CADAVERIC
LIVIDITY)
* INTRAVASCULAR RED-
BLUE DISCOLORATION
RESULTING FROM
HYPOSTASIS
WHAT IS STAIN
- TO DISCOLOR W/ FOREIGN MATTER
- AN AREA THAT IS SO DISCOLORED
WHAT IS BLEACHING
- THE ACT OF LIGHTENING DISCOLORATION
- METHODS
-USING BLEACHING AGENTS
- CHEMICALS THAT LIGHTEN
OR BLANCH SKIN
DISCOLORATIONS
-EX: PHENOL
WHAT ARE SURFACE STAIN REMOVERS
- SUBSTANCES OR AGENTS WHICH WILL CAUSE AN EXTERNAL DISCOLORATION TO BE REMOVED OR LESSENED
- COMMON
- MORTUARY SOLVENTS
- EX:
- CAVITY FLUID
- PHENOL AND ALCOHOL
- PRESERVATIVE GEL
- SPECIAL BLEACHING FLUID
TYPES OF BURNS
- 1ST DEGREE
- 2ND DEGREE
- 3RD DEGREE
- 4TH DEGREE
WHAT IS A 1ST DEGREE BURN
- AN INJURY CAUSED BY HEAT WHICH PRODUCES REDNESS
- EX: SUNBURN
WHAT IS A 2ND DEGREE BURN
- RESULTING IN ACUTE INFLAMMATION AND BLISTERS
WHAT IS A 3RD DEGREE BURN
- DESTRUCTION OF CUTANEOUS AND SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUES
- RESULTING IN SEARED OR CHARRED TISSUE
WHAT IS A 4TH DEGREE BURN
- TOTAL EVACUATION (absence) OF TISSUE
- NOT APPROPRIATE FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE ART
WHAT IS EXCISING TISSUE
- TO REMOVE BY CUTTING OUT
WHEN DOES EXCISING TISSUE OCCUR
- PRE-EMBALMING
- POST EMBALMING
TYPES OF DECAPITATION
- COMPLETE
- PARTIAL
- INTERNAL
- TRAUMA THAT OCCURS
WHEN THE SKULL BASE
SEPARATES FROM THE SPINE
WHAT IS THE EMBALMING TREATMENT FOR DECAPITATION
- REQUIRES TWO PEOPLE
- SET FEATURES
- SHAVE
- INJECT
METHODS FOR ATTACHING/ STABILIZING A DECAPITATION
- REATTACHING THE HEAD TO THE TORSO
- WOOD SPLINTS
- METAL RODS
- SPINAL CANAL
- FORAMEN MAGNUM - SUTURE AROUND THE NECK
- APPLY MORTUARY MASTIC, COTTON, AND SEALER
- WAX THE EXPOSED AREA
- APPLY COSMETICS
WHAT IS DISTENSION
- SWELLING CAUSED BY PRESSURE
CASUES OF DISTENTION
- EMBALMING
- FLUIDS ACCUMULATING - DECOMPOSITION
- GAS BUILD UP - TRAUMA
- PATHOLOGICAL
TYPES OF DISTENTION
- LIQUID
- SOLID
- SEMI-SOLID
- GASEOUS
TREATMENT OF SWELLING AND DISTENSION
- EXTERNAL PRESSURE
- MANUALLY
- WET COTTON COMPRESS
- COLLAR - ASPIRATION
- CHANNELING
- INCISIONS
WHAT IS DESQUAMATION
- SEPARATION OF THE EPIDERMIS FROM THE UNDERLYING DERMIS
WHAT ARE ANTEMORTEM CAUSES OF DESQUAMATION
- EXCESSIVE HEAT / COLD
- RADIOACTIVE AGENTS
- CHEMICALS
- KIDNEY FAILURE
- EDEMA