MOR 340 - Embalming II Credits: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Practicum Hours: 0 Work Experience: 0 Course Type: Voc/Tech
The student will study: concepts of cavity treatments and embalming; post-injection embalming treatments; effects of age of embalming analysis; autopsied and tissue donation cases; considerations of delayed embalming; various post-mortem conditions (e.g. discolorations, vascular and moisture considerations, etc.) and respective treatments; the effects of drugs on the embalming process; and a variety of other selected conditions that impact the embalming procedure. Prerequisite: MOR 335 , MOR 336 and either BIO 733 or BIO 164 . Corequisite: MOR 341 Competencies
- Identify commonly-used procedures of arterial injection and drainage.
- Define one-point injection.
- Define split injection.
- Define multi-point injection.
- Define restricted cervical injection.
- Define sectional embalming.
- Define six-point injection.
- Identify commonly-used drainage techniques and concepts.
- Examine various movements of arterial solution throughout the body.
- Define delivery.
- Define distribution.
- Differentiate between arterial distribution and diffusion.
- Identify common sources of intravascular resistance.
- Identify common sources of extravascular resistance.
- Recall the need for resistance during embalming process.
- Identify concepts of rate of flow and pressure relative to embalming.
- Identify concepts of ideal pressure and ideal rate of flow.
- Recall center of distribution in human body.
- Identify signs of arterial solution distribution and diffusion.
- Compare concepts of osmosis and dialysis relative to embalming process.
- Examine the various aspects of aspiration and cavity treatment/embalming.
- Recall the purpose of cavity treatment.
- Identify the two common theories of cavity treatment.
- Recall the abdominal regions and their contents by the two systems of nomenclature.
- Recall the common trocar guides.
- Identify equipment use for aspiration.
- Identify aspiration methods for the cranial, abdominal, thoracic, and pelvic cavities.
- Define purge and identify the characteristics of the various types.
- Identify treatments commonly employed after arterial injection.
- Identify the two types of supplemental embalming.
- Recall the different techniques for surface embalming.
- Recall the different techniques for hypodermic embalming.
- Identify common methods and directions of incision closure.
- Recall techniques for the removal of various invasive devices.
- Identify the post-embalming treatments for distension.
- Identify the various techniques for re-setting features when necessary.
- Identify the various embalming issues predicated on the age of the deceased.
- Recall the embalming considerations for infants and children.
- List the embalming considerations for the 4-12 year old decedent.
- Recall the embalming considerations for the adolescent and adult.
- Recall the process of a pre-injection.
- Identify the embalming considerations for the elderly.
- Distinguish the embalming implications of an autopsied case.
- Compare the two types of autopsies.
- Recall the purpose of each type of autopsy.
- List the general considerations of autopsy treatment.
- Identify autopsy embalming considerations.
- Differentiate between a partial and complete autopsy.
- Identify specific treatments involved in embalming the autopsied body.
- Identify the various types of partial autopsies.
- Examine the embalming implications of an organ/tissue donor case.
- Identify tissue and organs being recovered for transplantation.
- Recall the two common embalming options for an organ donor.
- Identify common embalming treatments for an eye donor.
- Identify the three methods of embalming the legs of a long bone donor.
- Identify major embalming concerns associated with skin donors.
- Identify common problems associated with delayed embalming.
- Recall common injection techniques used with delayed embalming.
- Recall the embalming considerations and treatments for rigor mortis.
- Recall the embalming considerations and treatments for refrigerated bodies.
- Recall the embalming considerations and treatments for bodies with decomposition.
- Identify discolorations and the embalming considerations and general treatments.
- Identify ante-mortem blood discolorations.
- Identify post-mortem blood discolorations.
- Identify intravascular blood discolorations.
- Identify extravascular blood discolorations.
- Recall embalming considerations for carbon monoxide poisoning.
- Identify the concept and process of instant tissue fixation.
- Identify moisture considerations relating to the body during the embalming process.
- Define edema.
- Identify types of edema by location.
- Identify effects of edema on the embalming process.
- Recall various embalming techniques to treat edema.
- Identify various chemical solutions used to treat edema.
- Analyze vascular considerations in the embalming process.
- Define arteriosclerosis.
- Identify the different types of gangrene.
- Define atheroma.
- Identify the embalming concerns and treatments of selected intravascular conditions.
- Differentiate between intravascular and extravascular resistance.
Competencies Revised Date: 2020
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