I don't know how you do it, but you always do! Thank you Kari for making even the most delicate & normally repellent subjects into a quick lesson with grace & tenderness. A true gift.
Thanks Kari - another great informational vlog. Hated dealing with Tissue Gas. Strong fluids and lots of cavity fluid after asperating the chest cavity can help to control it but sometimes it will show up after you have casketed the body and ready for visitation. Then it is a battle for time to get it under control.
The interesting story is that we really can't imagine what the funeral home must deal with in the containment of diseases and sanitation for all our safety. Thank you Kari.
Kari I have heard of and seen this first hand watching my dad handle a really tough case. I would love to shadow a competent, knowledgeable and patient embalming person like you.
Question : Hey Kari. Another great video ! I attended my first viewing ( ever) in the Staates last week. It was a real shock almost. The person didn’t look like himself at all and I felt horrible for him how everyone was gawking at him while being so vulnerable in a way. I couldn’t stop thinking about what I saw and that’s how I found your videos and I literally watched all of them within the last weekend. It’s fascinating what you do and I admire your passion ! I’m from Germany living in the Staates. In Germany we don’t embalm people or have viewings. My question is why do people get embalmed here ? Eventually after many many years they will decompose no matter what even in a sealed casket and vault? Is this done for viewing purposes only ? If so i would Feel like it’s more being done for the family than for the deceased himself ? Please keep the videos coming I love learning about it! Thanks and have a great day!
Always learning:) thanks Kari and thanks for your skills at keeping the public safe when this does crop up:) also to all our directors and embalmers who do the same !
The more I read and learn second hand info concerning embalming makes me just want to do other things like making arrangements or hassling with the medical examiner to file the death certificate. But I may have no choice depending on the state I go to school in or where I end up working. 👩🏻🔬😖
***SERIOUS QUESTION*** I almost died from an antibiotic resistant cdiff infection last year and was told I'll always have it and that my fecal Microbiota Transplant is what saved me and keeps it supressed. Will my body after death need to be handled differently or at death have that information for those handling me?
What do you mean by sterilizing in the prep room? What about that nasty trocar? How much Time embalming? How much time sterilizing? What about a busy funeral home or one without a permanent embalmer? How clean are these prep rooms really?
I’m assuming that when you say you use a trocar right up to the brain it’s not the same trocar you use in abdominal aspiration? I also have a question about aspiration in the abdomen: when you’re inserting the trocar do you make like an incision to get the trocar into the abdomen? I mean know it’s sharp and pointy on the end but the abdomen has muscle and fascia that you have to penetrate so I’m assuming it’s not that easy to get that big gauge of the trocar into that tissue. I hope that makes sense.
Kari Northey super interesting!! If you’ve not shown what an infant trocar looks like when you get a chance I think it would be cool to see one in a video.
Very interesting! Question please~are there specific health issues/ diseases of which a mortician should be informed (outside of the obvious, like Aids or hepatitis) so they can take extra precautions if needed? Thanks! :-)
Glad I didn't eat dinner before watching this episode. That's so gross. If the embalmer comes in contact with this do they have to go to the hospital to be treated.
Kari, the Egyptians were smart, they used to take the brain, through the nose back in their ancient embalming days. Amazing what our bodies go through as we age and die. Oh yes they used to take the insides and put them into jars to be carried as they continued through their journeys.
Hi Kari. You're so adorable and so professional. I have a question about embalming a body who bled to death because of a stabbing. I don't know if you hear of the 15 year old boy who was stabbed to death by a gang in New York. He looked like he was embalmed but I don't know how they would've embalmed him since he suffered major injuries to his arteries in neck and legs.
So if a person for religious or other reasons hadn’t wanted to be embalmed for either a closed casket wake or graveside service develops tissue has, how do you deal with this? Is there a way to bag the body or is embalming a must? And if embalming is a must, does the liability lie with the family or the funeral home for the extra cost incurred?
