Course – Basic Autopsy Procedure Course Content Introduction - Basic Autopsy Procedure Welcome Important - Terms and Privacy How the course fits in with your career. Feedback. What you'll need Keep a vocabulary list Guided research Tip: About the videos Tip: More about the videos Completing the course. Downloading your Course Completion Certificate 1 -Safety 1-1 Autopsy Safety 1-2 Autopsy Safety - discussion 1-3 Lab: Case-viewing skills – introduction 1-4 Lab: Case-viewing skills Vocabulary reminder 1-5 Personal protective equipment 1-6 More about personal protective equipment 1-7 Lab: Case-viewing skills Vocabulary reminder 1-8 Putting on the gown and gloves 1-9 Taking off the gown and gloves 1-10 Lab: Case-viewing skills 1-11 Putting on the scalpel blade 1-12 Taking off the scalpel blade Vocabulary reminder 1-13 More about preventing scalpel sticks 1-14 Lab: Case-viewing skills 1-15 Long knives 1-16 Preventing needle sticks 1-17 Lab: Case-viewing skills 1-18 Sharp ribs 1-19 Pacemakers 1-20 Lab: Case-viewing skills 1-21 Take care of your back 1-22 Splashes 1-23 Lab: Case-viewing skills 1-24 Attitude 2 - Before you begin 2-1 The consent - basics 2-2 Who has legal rights? 2-3 More about consents - See it yourself! 2-4 Lab: Case-viewing skills 2-5 The medical history 2-6 Planning the case 2-7 Lab: Case-viewing skills 2-8 Stay grounded, stay cautious. 2-9 Practice evidence-based thinking 2-10 Get into your mindset - remember, the patient (usually) has a family 2-11 Lab: Case-viewing skills 2-12 Basic set-up: Safety and working space 2-13 Basic set-up: Your equipment 2-14 Lab: Case-viewing skills 2-15 Basic set-up: Table and patient position 2-16 Lab: Case-viewing skills 2-17 Documentation 3 - Starting the case 3-1 Identifying the body 3-2 Lab: Identifying the body – 1 3-3 Lab: Identifying the body – 2 3-4 Lab: Identifying the body – 3 3-5 Obtain any required samples – introduction 3-6 Obtain any required samples - basic set-up 3-7 Obtain any required samples – blood 3-8 Obtain any required samples – vitreous 3-9 Obtain any required samples – urine 3-10 Obtain any required samples – other 4 - External exam Pace yourself. Skip ahead and come back if you wish. 4-1 External Exam 4-2 General body assessment 4-3 Lab: General body assessment: Body habitus 4-4 Lab: General body assessment: Livor mortis 4-5 Lab: General body assessment: Postmortem change – 1 4-6 Lab: General body assessment: Postmortem change – 2 4-7 Lab: General body assessment – Postmortem change – 3 4-8 Skin – general 4-9 Lab: Get ready to assess your patients – 1 4-10 Lab: Get ready to assess your patients – 2 4-11 Feet 4-12 Lab: Here are your 5 patients to assess: Start with the feet 4-13 Legs 4-14 Lab: Your five patients – assess the legs 4-15 Genitals/groin 4-16 Lab: Your five patients – assess the genitals/groin 4-17 Abdomen 4-18 Lab: Your five patients – assess the abdomen 4-19 Chest Vocabulary reminder 4-20 Lab: Your five patients – assess the chest 4-21 Neck 4-22 Lab: Your five patients – assess the neck 4-23 Head 4-24 Lab: Your five patients – assess the head 4-25 Arms 4-26 Lab: Your five patients – assess the arms 4-27 Back and buttocks 4-28 Lab: Your five patients – assess the back and buttocks Tip: Feedback 4-29 Lab: Summary activity 5 - The skin incision - basics 5-1 Reminder: Follow the consent! 5-2 Take care of yourself. Be comfortable. 5-3 Principles of incision - introduction 5-4 Principles of incision - the law 5-5 Principles of incision – practical guidelines 5-6 Principles of incision – the family 5-7 Y-shaped incision: chest and abdomen 5-8 Y-shaped incision: how deep to cut 5-9 Head incision 5-10 Partial autopsies 6 - After the Y-shaped incision 6-1 Expose the chest plate 6-2 Expose the abdominal cavity - basics 6-3 Expose the abdominal cavity - procedure 6-4 Expose the structures of the neck 6-5 Remove the chest plate 6-6 Safety: Protection from sharp ribs 6-7 Survey the chest and abdomen 6-8 Assess any surgical changes that require in situ assessment 7 - After the head incision 7-1 Reflecting the scalp – introduction 7-2 Reflecting the scalp – anterior scalp 7-3 Reflecting the scalp – posterior scalp 7-4 Reflecting the scalp – if the scalp is adherent to the skull 7-5 Lab: Head incision 7-6 Accessing the cranial cavity – reflect the temporalis muscle 7-7 Accessing the cranial cavity – remove the calvarial cap 8 - Before the organs come out. 8-1 Draw blood 8-2 Take cultures 8-3 Open the pericardial sac 8-4 Check for pulmonary embolism 8-5 Tie off the neck and pelvic arteries — help the funeral director 9 - Taking the organs out 9-1 Introduction 9-2 Common procedures: releasing the neck organs 9-3 Removing the chest block 9-4 Common procedures: removing the bowel 10 - Removing the brain 10-1 Removing the brain 10-2 Assessing the base of skull, calvarial cap and dura 10-3 Removing the pituitary 11 - Separating the organs 11-1 Separating the organs - introduction 11-2 Tips 12 - Microscopy 12-1 Standard sections 13 - Ending the case 13-1 Returning the organs to the body 13-2 Closing the body 13-3 Safety 13-4 Clean up 13-5 Safety (again!) 13-6 After the case 14 - After the work is done 14-1 After the work is done Assessment Important! 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