Equipment Flashcards
Motorized injectors used to create positive pressure as required in vascular embalming.
Pressure Machines
A suction tube device that uses water pressure to create a vacuum for removing liquids from the body.
Hydroaspirator
An electrical suction device that creates a vacuum to remove fluid from the body.
Electric Aspirator
A way of creating injection pressure with a gravity bottle and tubing attached suspended at a certain point over the injection (gravity produces 0.43 lbs of pressure per foot of heigh)
Gravity Injector
Used to create pressure for embalming purposes and aspiration, hand operated
Hand Pump
A bulb typed syringe and rubber tubing used to create injection pressure
Bulb Syringe
Used to reduce swelling by applying heat, dries out tissue and smooths out facial wrinkles
Electric Spatula
Preparation room equipment designed to eliminate moving caskets and bodies by hand.
Body Lifts
Complete destruction of all living things .Dry heat (burning with flame 320-329 degrees F), Moist heat (similar to a a pressure cooker or autoclave 250), Chemicals (works well as disinfect)
Sterilization
Preparation room equipment for properly positioning bodies on the embalming table
Positioning devices
Human remains placed placed for embalming procedure (preparation room equipment)
Embalming Tables
Specifically designed for the dressing of the deceased
Dressing Table
Device used to keep a dead human body cold enough to inhabit bacterial activity
Refrigeration
Container used to dispose of all sharp and pointed objects used during preparation.
Sharps Container