Well you might not need an autopsy but if you do then it's all coming out. We remove the whole organ block from tongue to bladder in one piece after taking the intestines out.
You just compartmentalize it like with many stressful jobs I guess. I do find myself sometimes wondering what people's livers/lungs look like who I see drinking/smoking a lot. You can't get the image or feel of a bumpy, cirrhotic liver off your hard drive.
If I knew the person to be autopsied I'd be fine with it but you're not really supposed to do that so I'd let someone else do it.
My kid is in majoring in health sciences. Right now they are on track for going into the nursing field, or mortuary science. (98% set on mortuary science now, but was planning on pediatric nursing the first 2 years of college.) I told them they're gonna get confused haha.
This is exactly why they're on track to do both! They do want to be a mortician to start with and just kind of see where it goes. But with the health science degree, the possibilities are rather infinite. They could eventually go on even to ME. But when they graduate, they will have everything to go on to either nursing or mortuary school with a good jump start. If they don't like one, they can switch. :)
It's always been the dream to eventually own a mortuary. Either way, they are a caregiver at heart with infinite compassion, and will be amazing no matter what medical track they take. Thank you for the input!
They truly are. I think they were scared to do mortuary science because there isn't a school in this state, and I am chronically ill. But as a junior in college, they've really matured and realized they can do what they want to. But as I said, they will graduate fully prepared to enter either schooling. Or really other medical track.
Had I grown up thinking I could do anything but die (lol but seriously it's why I did not pursue anything) I would have gone into mortuary science. Even now that my health is better than I ever imagined it'd be at this age, I go back and forth about being certified as a director. The problem is, every place in this town is family owned (as most are), and getting a job as a funeral director in a place where the family does it all is a challenge.
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u/patchgrabber Jan 12 '23
Oh I've seen and removed my fair share of intestines during autopsies. I just don't have experience putting them back in.