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theoldundertaker · Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 12:25 am Post subject: 1st body

Did my first lab in school yesterday. Was kinda scared since I've never been around a prep room, but as we newbies went along it went OK. Kind of looking forward to next lab. Was nice to have one of the students in the biz stay for our lab with helping us folks who havent read the embalming for dummies book. I realized i'm not a seamstress....lol. Was nice to learn something new to build your confidence.

Permaglo35 · living dead Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 2697

First one is the hardest. All down hill from here......
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twilightcall · Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 2:14 am Post subject:

do they really have an "Embalming for Dummies" book?
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darkboi13 · stiff Joined: 12 Oct 2006 Posts: 121 Location: Michigan

at least you didnt faint.
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Frankie Todd · Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 3:22 pm Post subject:

Good to have someone from a fh there to show you the ropes.
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theoldundertaker · Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 7:38 pm Post subject:

Nope I didn't faint, but was wierd being around a corpse for a few minutes until we got going. Alot of students say I would enjoy it and I sure did. Didn't bother me at all making a cut. Only thing was the cavity fluid smell from the lst lab group. Still smell it in my head.
Oh no there isn't an embalming for dummies book but did see one called Embalming is not a sport. Did mention in my lab they have to have a reality show just like the one with competiting chefs, but with competiting embalmers.

Libitina666 · blowfly Joined: 26 Nov 2009 Posts: 11 Location: MA

you'll always remember your first...

Floyd Newton · stiff Joined: 26 Sep 2008 Posts: 200 Location: Retired

congrats...there'll be many more!

Doc-J · Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 5:12 pm Post subject:

Congrats. Don't read Embalming is Not a Sport, a weird book to say the least and not very accurate at all.
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Ochre · blowfly Joined: 27 Nov 2009 Posts: 30 Location: Globe, AZ

Ahh. SO looking forward to my first time...

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72h2kaw · Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 2:43 pm Post subject:

I can still remember my first and that was many thousands of bodies ago.

Full McKue · stiff Joined: 04 Apr 2008 Posts: 66 Location: so cal

i almost passed out my first day in lab (to this day i'm blaming it on all the hot PPEs and the vents not being on, haha) but i remember washing hair. that's about it tho.

72h2kaw · Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:36 pm Post subject:

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