Kari the Mortician explains a little about the injecting modes on an embalming machine. Are there different ways to inject?! kari@karinorthey.com @KaritheMortician
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Great subject! Nothing's changed much since my embalming days. PortaBoys is what we called them. They seem to last a lifetime. A feature older embalmers used was the gravitational method where the flow would be reduced allowing the fluid to gravitate into the arteries with the power off. That feature was used whenever they were forced to multitask without being present & still getting the job done.
Yes I remember all too well the porta boy injection machine which did have a pulse mode which was my preference if it was the best mode depending on the case. Excellent presentation as usual Kari!
I thank you! I thank you for doing this video, because we now see the pulse mode described in great detail on RU-vid. Earlier in the year I requested this video! I'm so thankful for your dedication to doing these RU-vid videos!
Pretty cool! I remember reading a book or watching a movie when I was little where one of the characters was somewhere where they were explaining the sounds of an embalming machine and how it would make the sound of a heartbeat. I wish i remember what it was!! But, that has always stuck in my mind.
I caught a tiktok live of a embalmer when she was embalming. She didn't show the deceased or anything but she talked though everything she was doing and explained what was happening etc. Showing the tools. You could hear the machine pulsing and she explained it. It was so cool to watch even not seeing anything but being present. Makes me super excited to hopefully get to do this someday!
@@KaritheMortician you're right. At the time for me it was just neat to kinda be there but not cause I'm super interested in it. But I thought about more and more. briefly saw her on again today and nearly dropped her phone on the deceased and almost exposing them...that's not ok. Obviously clearly unethical, as the prep room is a like sacred space, a safe space for the deceased. It's literally in the first chapter of the embalming text book (I'm reading for fun) that it's the ethical duty to keep it private.
Good morning Kari I hope you have a blessed day. That 2 minute video is really interesting. I would have never thought there would be a pulse setting and an open setting. Which one is your favorite and when would an embalmer use the pulse setting?
I think the pulse mode would be so much easier to use, being that it mimics the heart beat and that's the kind of pressure our veins are used to. I would be afraid that the straight forward pressure might blow apart a vein possibly..
I know you've got to keep an eye on what you're doing if you're running that embalming machine full throttle. One of my friends who was a Funeral Director explained he blew up one of his Case's legs from too much pressure.
I would think pulse mode would prevent backing up and allow an more even flow to fringe tissue. Might seem a little creapy having a "pulse" in a cadaver to some. But then again, who am I and whatta I know about anything?
@@KaritheMortician Bless you. While it would be nice to know out of idle curiosity. I can google it myself. You focus on what you are doing😊. In fact I just did. Injection pressure 45-60 psi. Certainly enough to to get things moving. My car tyres take between 35-40 psi😊
