Middle Index Arterial Fluid Flashcards
What is the Formaldehyde rate of most Middle Index Fluid?
20 - 26%
What is Middle Index Fluid Primarily used for?
For Semi-Firming or Semi- Hardening of the body
What are the average cases of the Middle Index Fluid bodies?
A week to 10 days.
What is in Middle Index Fluid that gives someone the “tint” in their body system?
Active Dyes
What is Lanolin?
An Sheep based oil that is used in Middle Index Fluid to give the body the sheen is should have
Is Arterial Solution Diffusion Extravascular or
Intravascular?
Extravascular
What are the 5 signs of Arterial Solution Distribution?
- Fluid Dye
- Distention of superficial vessel
- Blood Drainage
- Clearing of intravascular blood discoloration
- Copious blood drainage when massage
Is Arterial Solution Distribution Extravascular or Intravascular?
Intravascular
The 7 signs of Arterial Solution DIffusion??
- Dye in the tissues
- Drying of tissues
- Firming of the tissues
- Loss of skin elasticity
- Rounding of fingertips
- Mottling of tissues
- Fluorescent dye observed using black light
What is Formalin?
A mixture of formaldehyde gas disolved in water
What is the percentage of Volume, Weight, and Methyl Alcohol that prevents polymerization in Formalin?
40% Volume, 37% Weight and 7% Methyl Alcohol
What is the definition of Concentrated Arterial Fluid?
Primary dilution when mixed/ diluted with water in the embalming tank
What is a secondary dilution
It determines the concentrate of the primary dilution
What are Accessory Chemicals?
Used in addition to regular arterial embalming
How are Accessory chemicals usually applied?
To the Body Surface
What is the Action Level regarding your exposure to?
Formaldehyde in the prep room. No more than 8 hours of exposure.
What is the AL for Formaldehyde?
0.5 ppm
What is a Disinfectant?
A chemical agent used to destroy disease covered microbial agents
What is the movement of the arterial solution through the capillaries into the intercellular spaces?
Fluid Diffusion
What is the movement of arterial solution from the point of injection through the blood vascular system?
Fluid Distribution
What is firming?
Rigidity of tissue due to chemical reaction
What is the act of making tissue rigid? And what does it solidify?
Fixation , It solidifies the compound
An substance employed in the preparation of tissues for the purpose of maintaining the existing form of the structure ? What is used in this agent?
Fixative; Formalin is used
When the face becomes discolored because of blockage in the arteries, unable to embalm
Flush ( Flushing)
What chemical kills or renders something incapable of reproducing that disease-causing microorganism?
Germicide
What chemical inactivates saprophytic bacteria?
Preservatives aka Fixers
Who discovered the circulation of blood in 1628?
Dr. William Harvey
What is the tuberculosis of the skin ?
Lupus Vulgaris
What Index Fluid would you use on a Lupus Vulgaris patient?
High Index Fluid
The chemical that increases the moisture retained in embalming
Humectant
What is it called when the skin remains depressed after palpitation because of the excess fluid
Pitting Edema
How should Pitting Edema be treated?
With High Index Fluid because it will draw the moisture out of your body?
The period of time between death and embalming?
Post Mortem Interval
Who was the first African American embalmer?
Prince Greer
Where is the main sight of injection for Humectants?
Femoral Artery
