Prep Room Equiptment

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Centrifugal Pump

• Most widely accepted method of injecting arterial solution
• Typically has a large-volume tank holding as much as 3.5 gallons of fluid
• Allows the operator to exert constant preset pressure on the contents of the blood vascular system
• Duotronic and Dodge common

Question 2

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Needle injector

• Used for mouth closure
• Drives a barbed needle with attached wire into mandible and maxilla via a hammering mechanism

Question 3

Answer 3

Injector Needle

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Mouth former

Placed between lips and gums of the deceased to restore a more natural shape and form to the mouth when no teeth or dentures are present

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Eye caps

Placed between the eyeball and eyelid of the deceased to restore the fullness of collapsed or desiccated eyeballs

Spikey contact lenses

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Aneurysm Needle

• Instrument used for blunt dissection and the elevation of vessels
• Has an “eye” in the hook portion that allows one to pass ligature around a vessel

Question 7

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Aneurysm hook

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Hemostats or Locking Forceps

• Used to clamp leaking vessels or to grasp small, slippery objects
• There are a wide variety, each with its own purpose

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Freer Elevator

• Indispensable blunt dissection instrument
• Can be used as a precision spatula for application of petroleum jelly or massage cream
• Dumb name

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Arterial Fixation Forceps

• Forcep nose is equipped with 2-3 grooves allowing for clamping down on arterial tubes to lock them in place within the vessel
• Damage to the vessel will result if care isn’t taken

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Scalpel

Sharp cutting instrument often utilizing disposable blades*

Question 12

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Blunt Scissors

• Cutting instrument that can be used to open vessels
• Vary in length with pointed or blunted tips

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Arterial Shears/Wire Cutters

Do not recommend for arteries

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Separator

• Used to keep vessels elevated above the incision
• Often constructed of hard rubber, bone, or metal

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Suture Needles

• There’s a variety of needles available
• All of them are designed to close a specific type of incision

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Spring Forceps

• Used for grasping and holding tissues
• Limbs can be straight, curved, or angular
• Often used as a drainage instrument

Question 17

Answer 17

Groove director

Always around, never used

Question 18

Suture Thread

Answer 18

• Classified by the twist or cord
• The standard twist for mortuary use is 5
• Made of nylon, cotton, or linen
• Sometimes waxed
• Dental floss can serve as suture thread for small, concealable sutures

Question 19

Arterial Tubes

Answer 19

• Designed to attach to the hose of an embalming machine and deliver arterial solution directly into the body
• Sometimes referred to as a cannula
• Made in a variety of diameters and shapes
• Typically threaded to accept either a hub, quick-connect, or Luer-Lok fitting

Question 20

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Drain tube

• Inserted into a vein to aid in drainage
• Straight one easier to use on autopsied body

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Stopcock

• Used to attach the delivery hose from the injection device to the arterial tube
• Maintains and stops the flow of a fluid into the arterial tube

Question 22

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Y Tube

• Developed for the embalming of autopsied bodies
• Allows the embalmer to inject both legs or arms or sides of the head at the same time

Question 23

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Trocar

For aspirating

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Hypovalve Trocar

• Designed for hypodermic treatments of tissue
• Delivers arterial solution from the embalming machine into deeper tissues

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Trocar buttons

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Trocar button applicator

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Calvarium clamp

Used to re-attach the removed calvarium to the skull when restoring a cranial autopsy

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Nasal aspirator

Removes purge material directly from the nasal cavity, mouth, and throat via suction

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Postmortem or Autopsy aspirator

Used to remove blood and excess embalming chemicals from the abdominal and thoracic cavities while embalming an autopsied case

Question 30

Answer 30

Cavity injector

Connects to a bottle of cavity fluid and a trocar to inject the cavity fluid into the viscera during cavity treatment

Question 31

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Incision spreader

Holds open incisions to allow for more room for blunt dissection