#embalmer — Public Fediverse posts

so tell your #barman to hold your #lager
or better yet #BringHerWith if she’d rather
scran your #ramen or your #carbonara
get your #passport, your #mask and your #balaclava
get all your #mates from your #AlmaMater
all the #neighbours from #fête and #gala
your #SoccerSquad and your #SparringPartners
#tinkers, #tailors, #gig #serfs and #farmers
#mandem, #ultras, #HRDepartments
#joiners, #plumbers and #carny #barkers
slip the yoke and behalve the harness
tell #MisterTallyMan, “fuck #bananas”
before they go the whole #enchilada
the #SocialContract ’s knackered: #embalmer
when the king’s this bare-arse starkers
reckon it’s time for a #reginata?
that’s what they call an #intifada
that’s what we call #satyagraha
not for the sake of #virtue or #karma
from #Omelas to disembark us
#PointOfOrder ; the point of departure’s
#kindness will always be smarter than harshness

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#FuneralFactFriday: Catheters, Ostomies, Casts, & Halos
(yes, I'm continuing the "cat" theme, don't @ me)

All kinds of people die, in all kinds of conditions. Some die mid-repair. Hospitals provide treatment with the assumption their patient will live. If the patient dies anyways, the body can be left with remnants of the treatments. This leads to surprises for embalmers when we open the body bags.

We see common things like tracheostomies, breathing tubes, IVs, colostomies, surgical staples, pacemakers, and urinary catheters (which are all easily removed) and unusual things like halo braces (which have pins that are attached to the skull), surgical drains that end in grenade-like bulb reservoirs, orthopedic casts, and intraosseous IVs (a brutal looking needle that gets jammed into the bone marrow through the shin bone).

We don't have the specialized tools that hospitals use to remove some of these, so we basically figure it out on our own. Once the medical devices are removed and disposed of, we fix the resulting holes or incisions. First we treat them with chemicals, almost cauterizing them. We can fill them with absorbent preservative powders and cotton, then suture them closed. A layer of sealer can be applied on top, and if there's still a risk of leakage, we can supplement with Saran wrap or plastic garments concealed beneath the clothing.

#HisAndHearsePress #Embalming #Embalmer #MortuaryScience #MortuarySchool #MedicalInterventions #Death #Funeral