Quiz 4 Flashcards
(25 cards)
What chemicals are needed to preform supplemental embalming?
Gels
Cavity fluid
Not arterial fluid
Dyes stain skin
List two methods of supplemental embalming?
Surface embalming &
hypodermic embalming - small localized area,
Mouth & lips
Cotton placed over dentures
Saturated with cavity fluid
Glue lips
Embalms from inside out
Eyelids
Cotton inserted on top of eye cap
Moistened with a few drops of cavity fluid
Seal eyelid with adhesive
Nose
Cotton saturated with preservative fluid inserted into nostrils
Treatments used for non visible areas?
Surface gels & surface embalming powders
Hypodermic embalming
Most effective
Small localized areas
Hypodermic syringe used
How do we treat large areas?
Infant trocar used
Steps used for closing incisions
Don't suture until after aspiration Securely tie vessels Force liquid out Dry the area Make several sutures before applying seal powder- creates pocket Surface glue
Individual bridge suture
Temporary
Align tissue in position
Baseball suture
Most secure
Commonly used
Airtight
Beneath suture, side to side motion
Single Intradermal (hidden) suture
Subcutaneous tissue
Used on exposed areas
Double Intradermal suture
Two threaded needles
Opposite ends of same thread
Inversion worm suture
Gather in & turn under excess tissues
Stitches made parallel
Carotid incision
Interlocking lock suture
Leak proof
Ridge appears on surface–bad
Passes through both sides of incision
Continuous whip suture
Closes long incisions
Autopsy surgeons use this
Pace makers removed?
Before cremation
Colostomy
Opening of colon through abdominal wall
Stoma- exposed portion of bowel
Remove bag, disinfect
N suture used to close
Final washing and drying of the body
After all sutures are completed
Treatment of ulcerations, lesions, & discolorations
After body washed, dryed, sutured
Lesions/ulcerations- redress with phenol solution
Inject area around
Discolorations- accessory bleaching solution, cavity fluid..
Treatment of distention
Be cautious of how much your injecting
Edema of eyes can be treated?
Weighted surface compression
Cavity fluid on cotton under eyelids
Electric spatula
Plastic garments used?
Prior to dressing
Burns
Edema
Anal leakage
What is terminal disenfection?
Disinfection practices carried out after embalming
Embalmer hygiene
Disinfection for instruments
