Embalming Analysis questions with verified
answers
What is the purpose of Embalming analysis? Ans✓✓-a. To prescribe and apply
the proper embalming technique.
b. Documentation of conditions, trauma, potential problems
What dictates proper treatment? Ans✓✓-a. Condition of the body dictates
treatment
b. Cause of death is a factor but does not dictate treatments
What are the 3 stages to embalming analysis? Ans✓✓-Pre-embalming
Embalming
Post Embalming
What is the difference between a fixed factor in Embalming and a variable factor?
Ans✓✓-Fixed factors are chemicals used in embalming
Embalming Analysis Ans✓✓-includes those analytical observation of the
deceased human body, by the embalmer, before, during and after the arterial
embalming of the body
What need to happen during the monitor process Ans✓✓-Monitoring the body
must continue until either final disposition or release of custody of the body to
another funeral establishment.
,What should be kept for the monitoring of the body. Ans✓✓-The analysis,
monitoring, need to be fully and the embalming techniques documented in an
Embalming Care Report as a permanent record.
The Slocum method Ans✓✓-"Typing of the bodies" analysis was developed by
Ray E. Slocum. It was a complete system of "body types" based primarily on the
time between death and preparation, and the degree to which changes had
occurred.
pre- embalming observation Ans✓✓-also called the Slocum method is the
approach most embalmers take in determining what embalming techniques to
employ.
The analysis of the t body is done within three times periods Ans✓✓-Before
During
After
Embalming analysis follow 4 steps Ans✓✓-1. Observation and evaluation
2. Proposed method(s) of treatment
3. Implementation
4. Observation of results
1. Observation and evaluation
2. Proposed method(s) of treatment
3. Implementation
4. Observation of results Ans✓✓-The analysis of the body using these steps
primarily tells the embalmer what need to be done in each time period to obtain the
, objectives of temporary preservation, sanitation and achieving and maintaining an
acceptable appearance of the deceased.
List of embalming analysis factors that will help the embalmer "to read body" and
to formulate the various embalming techniques Ans✓✓-Body conditions,
including age, weight, musculature, body build
Immediate cause and manner of death
Effects of disease and / or trauma
Effects of drugs and medical treatments
Postmortem physical and chemical changes
Postmortem procedures; Refrigeration
; autopsy; organ/tissue recovery
Postmortem interval between death and embalming
Post-embalming: time between preparation and disposition
A general list of embalmer's techniques Ans✓✓-Positioning of the body
Method of mouth and eye closure
Treatments for visible antemortem swelling that need to be reduced
Treatment for removing or altering visible antemortem discolorations
Techniques to use to raise sunken or emaciated facial tissue
Vessel for injection and drainage
Strength of the embalming solution
Volume of the embalming solution
Injection pressure and rate of flow
Necessary supplemental embalming treatments
Delayed or immediate cavity treatment following arterial injection
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