List Questions

Question 1

Five areas the embalmer should concentrate on being a good embalmer

Answer 1

Reverent respect for the dead because they can no longer demand it for themselves

Education in the field of embalming including continuing education courses throughout their careers

Patience- problem solving

Lifestyle free from fatigue, depression, and anxiety

Pride in workmanship

Question 2

Cardinal signs of decomp

C. O. P. S. A. D.

Answer 2

Color
Odor
Purge
Skin desquamation
Accumulated gas 
Decomposition is the only positive sign of death

Question 3

Characteristics of a non-thinking anacephalic - robot embalmer

Answer 3

All remains receive the same chemical formulation (type and volume) including cavity treatment reguardless of condition of body

All remains receive the same injection and drainage site

All remains receive the same mouth closure method

All embalmed remains receive the same cosmetic- no variation whatsoever

Question 4

MD requires ID tags to be waterproof and attached to a long bone, what information goes on the tag?

Answer 4

Name
Social security number 
Date of birth
Date of death
Name of funeral home

Question 5

Acceptable methods of closing the mouth

Answer 5

Needle injector

Muscular suture

Mandibular suture

Wire through the bones (only in special situations, usually trauma) holes drilled through bone with drimmel and a wire is passed through

Question 6

Causes of puffed or swollen eyes

Answer 6

Edema

Trauma

Poor eye closure by embalmer

Too great a rate of flow or injection pressure

Poorly done eye enucleation by eye bank

Poorly done eye enucleation restoration by embalmer

Question 7

Treatments for puffed or swollen eyes

Answer 7

Use of cold water packs during and after injection (recommended to be left on for 12-24 hours)

Use of a cavity fluid pack, if swollen and discolored use a bleaching fluid

Eye weights, rare, lead weights or sand bags placed on the eyes

Use of an electric spatula or a tissue reducer, need to use a large amount of massage cream to avoid burning the tissue. Cream over eye, two quick strikes on area until reduced to normal size. (Never lay on unprotected tissue, make sure eye cap is out)

Using a narrow hypodermic needle, aspirate the liquid from swollen area making channels. Apply cold water packs

Dip eye caps into preservative topical jelly prior to insertion, also coat eyelids

Question 8

Three types of air pressure machines

Answer 8

Mechanical machine or Eckel’s embalming machine

Hydraulic machine or Moore embalming machine (attaches to a water faucet)

Compressed air canister, the CO2 canister, or metallic cylinder

Question 9

Case analysis occurs in three overlapping stages

Answer 9

Pre-embalming analysis

Analysis during arterial embalming

Analysis after arterial embalming

Question 10

Four majors factors the embalmer must consider in making a pre-embalming analysis

Answer 10

General condition of the body

Effects produced by disease process

Effects produced by drugs or surgical procedures

Effects that occur during postmortem interval (from death to embalming)