Embalmers

01

Dress bodies and place them in caskets.

02

Conform to laws of health and sanitation and ensure that legal requirements concerning embalming are met.

03

Close incisions, using needles and sutures.

04

Attach trocar to pump-tube, start pump, and repeat probing to force embalming fluid into organs.

05

Wash and dry bodies, using germicidal soap and towels or hot air dryers.

06

Incise stomach and abdominal walls and probe internal organs, using trocar, to withdraw blood and waste matter from organs.

07

Join lips, using needles and thread or wire.

08

Reshape or reconstruct disfigured or maimed bodies when necessary, using dermasurgery techniques and materials such as clay, cotton, plaster of Paris, and wax.

09

Pack body orifices with cotton saturated with embalming fluid to prevent escape of gases or waste matter.

10

Make incisions in arms or thighs and drain blood from circulatory system and replace it with embalming fluid, using pump.