We are having such lovely weather in the UK just now. Autumn has been postponed but I think it will be making its way to us this week.
My work today was pretty straight forward. One gentleman had had a post mortem examination and when I was re suturing his head, his scalp was very fragile and teared quite a lot. This obviously causes a worry for possible leakage following the embalming treatment. One hopes the action of the formaldehyde firms the tissues enough to prevent any bodily fluids leaking. One also hopes that coffining up doesn't take place until after then. In case of leakage I used some putty to fill, wax to cover and good hairstyling and then placed some cotton wool there so my colleagues can see if there is seepage of any kind.
Not ideal, but then its life..... (or death!) As a colleague used to say 'anyone can do the easy ones'.
hi do you unstitch the head of a autopsy case ? why is that done
ReplyDeleteI need to unstitch it as embalming fluid penetrates the scalp and leaks from the scalp. This needs cleaning and cotton wool which is placed where the brain would usually be, also needs replacing with clean and dry cotton wool. Any blood left on this cotton would eventually smell.
ReplyDeleteAlso, my stitching is smaller than the morticians and neater and thus any potential leakage is prevented.
lovely !
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