Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare to treat complex cases of post mortem complications.
- Prepare and use personal protective equipment.
- Prepare mortuary area and appropriate mortuary instruments and equipment.
- Conduct case analysis to identify type of condition through physical examination of the deceased person.
- Liaise with funeral staff and family, where appropriate, about the possible outcome of the treatment for viewing purposes.
- Treat deceased persons with advanced decomposition.
- Cleanse and disinfect the body.
- Identify extent of decomposition.
- Check skin for skin slip and durability.
- Determine if arterial injection is possible and identify primary injection sites.
- Conduct hypodermic and surface embalming as required.
- If needed, securely wrap deceased in plastic and sheeting using embalming powders to contain odour and leakage.
- Recognise and manage hazards, complications and problems.
- Treat frozen deceased persons.
- Determine extent of frozen condition.
- Thaw to pliable condition to allow access to arteries.
- Use hypodermic or surface embalming to areas not receiving arterial solution.
- Wrap deceased in plastic and sheeting using embalming powders to contain leakage.
- Cleanse and disinfect the body.
- Check skin for skin slip and durability.
- Determine specific chemicals required including strength and volume.
- Recognise and manage hazards, complications and problems.
- Treat deceased organ and tissue donors.
- Determine extent of organ and tissue donation.
- Remove all sutures.
- Remove and disinfect any bone replacement material in limbs if present.
- Dry area and apply cauterizing agent.
- Perform arterial/hypodermic/surface embalming as required.
- Reinsert disinfected bone replacement material into limbs if applicable.
- Suture all incisions.
- Apply appropriate glue to incision areas as required.
- Wrap body appropriately to contain possible leakage.
- Treat deceased persons with tissue gas.
- Cleanse and disinfect the body.
- Check skin for skin slip and durability.
- Confirm appropriate primary injection site.
- Determine specific chemicals required including strength and volume.
- Identify exit points for the tissue gas.
- Insert hypodermic needle into appropriate point to create a channelling effect toward the tissue gas.
- Move gas in direction of hypodermic holes to facilitate its expulsion from the deceased person’s body.
- Create a barrier to prevent gas travelling into the face.
- Apply cauterising agent as required.
- Recognise and manage hazards, complications and problems.
- Treat deceased persons with major trauma.
- Cleanse and disinfect the body.
- Check skin for skin slip and durability.
- Determine extent and location of trauma.
- Rejoin bones using wire or glue.
- Reconstruct and position bones.
- Form missing bony structures artificially formed if needed.
- Treat trauma areas that will be covered by clothing, in appropriate manner to ensure preservation and restoration and bandage accordingly.
- Treat visible trauma areas in appropriate manner to ensure preservation and restoration using wax, cosmetics or bandage accordingly for viewing.
- Recognise and manage hazards, complications and problems.
- Complete documentation and clean instruments, equipment and mortuary area.
- Complete case analysis report that includes reference to any complications that occurred during treatment and corrective actions taken.
- Clean, disinfect or sterilise instruments and equipment.
- Dispose of waste materials as appropriate.
- Store instruments and equipment and report faults.
- Clean and disinfect mortuary area.
- Prepare to treat complex cases of post mortem complications.
- Prepare and use personal protective equipment.
- Prepare mortuary area and appropriate mortuary instruments and equipment.
- Conduct case analysis to identify type of condition through physical examination of the deceased person.
- Liaise with funeral staff and family, where appropriate, about the possible outcome of the treatment for viewing purposes.
- Treat deceased persons with advanced decomposition.
- Cleanse and disinfect the body.
- Identify extent of decomposition.
- Check skin for skin slip and durability.
- Determine if arterial injection is possible and identify primary injection sites.
- Conduct hypodermic and surface embalming as required.
- If needed, securely wrap deceased in plastic and sheeting using embalming powders to contain odour and leakage.
- Recognise and manage hazards, complications and problems.
- Treat frozen deceased persons.
- Determine extent of frozen condition.
- Thaw to pliable condition to allow access to arteries.
- Use hypodermic or surface embalming to areas not receiving arterial solution.
- Wrap deceased in plastic and sheeting using embalming powders to contain leakage.
- Cleanse and disinfect the body.
- Check skin for skin slip and durability.
- Determine specific chemicals required including strength and volume.
- Recognise and manage hazards, complications and problems.
- Treat deceased organ and tissue donors.
- Determine extent of organ and tissue donation.
- Remove all sutures.
- Remove and disinfect any bone replacement material in limbs if present.
- Dry area and apply cauterizing agent.
- Perform arterial/hypodermic/surface embalming as required.
- Reinsert disinfected bone replacement material into limbs if applicable.
- Suture all incisions.
- Apply appropriate glue to incision areas as required.
- Wrap body appropriately to contain possible leakage.
- Treat deceased persons with tissue gas.
- Cleanse and disinfect the body.
- Check skin for skin slip and durability.
- Confirm appropriate primary injection site.
- Determine specific chemicals required including strength and volume.
- Identify exit points for the tissue gas.
- Insert hypodermic needle into appropriate point to create a channelling effect toward the tissue gas.
- Move gas in direction of hypodermic holes to facilitate its expulsion from the deceased person’s body.
- Create a barrier to prevent gas travelling into the face.
- Apply cauterising agent as required.
- Recognise and manage hazards, complications and problems.
- Treat deceased persons with major trauma.
- Cleanse and disinfect the body.
- Check skin for skin slip and durability.
- Determine extent and location of trauma.
- Rejoin bones using wire or glue.
- Reconstruct and position bones.
- Form missing bony structures artificially formed if needed.
- Treat trauma areas that will be covered by clothing, in appropriate manner to ensure preservation and restoration and bandage accordingly.
- Treat visible trauma areas in appropriate manner to ensure preservation and restoration using wax, cosmetics or bandage accordingly for viewing.
- Recognise and manage hazards, complications and problems.
- Complete documentation and clean instruments, equipment and mortuary area.
- Complete case analysis report that includes reference to any complications that occurred during treatment and corrective actions taken.
- Clean, disinfect or sterilise instruments and equipment.
- Dispose of waste materials as appropriate.
- Store instruments and equipment and report faults.
- Clean and disinfect mortuary area.