Post-mortem care - answer-Caregiving to the body immediately after death (once the physician pronounces the patient deceasesed) should we started before rigor mortis sets in.
When can the family visit the deceased? - answer-After postmortem care and before
Provide_____ and ______ during post-...
postmortem care Questions and
Answers 2024
Post-mortem care - answer-✔Caregiving to the body immediately after death (once
the physician pronounces the patient deceasesed) should we started before rigor
mortis sets in.
When can the family visit the deceased? - answer-✔After postmortem care and
before
Provide_____ and ______ during post-mortem care - answer-✔Privacy & dignity
Shroud - answer-✔Bodybag patient is placed in
Rigor mortis - answer-✔Once a body has been deceased for certain. It begins to
freeze into the position it was left in , The body becomes rigid and you cannot
move extremities, heard,jaw, etc.
Autopsy - answer-✔Examination after death to determine cause of death
Moribund - answer-✔No pulse and respirations flatline(aystole) , pupils dilate ,
loss of muscle control , pooling if blood toward back of body , rigor mortis , cold
body temperature
Loss of muscle results in - answer-✔Incontinence of urine and stool
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