During your med school days when you were in the operating theater learning gross anatomy and this guy was being cut up rather nonchalantly by your professor, did you ever feel like throwing up or blacking out? Do you get over that fast?
2006-07-12 06:57:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
When ur r prepared mentally wel for what is coming then surely u wil not throw up or blackout. its the preparation before entering the dissection hall is the most important thing . when properly preserved there wil be no smell expect for pungent formalin odour. that too u wil get used to in a matter of 2 or 3 classes. now many new techniques have come like piastination to preserve the human body where the smell wil not be there. More over the strong thought ," From that dead human only i am r going to learn & he /she is only lying there to lay down the basic foundation of what i disered to become" wil give u strength to face the dead human for the first time. U R BLESSED WITH AN OPPURTUNITY LIKE THIS NEVER SPOIL IT WITH UR FEAR.
2006-07-12 07:31:42 · answer #1 · answered by pumpkin 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I had the oppurtunity to see an autopsy with the military once. It was very interesting. It was kinda smelly, but not so overwhelming that I almost threw up. What DID almost make me puke was when I trailed off and bent forward to look VERY closely at this other body that had been burned up in a car accident. His brains were comin' out the back of his skull because I suppose the wreck messed him up pretty bad. I got within two inches from it and started wretchin'. It was pretty bad. Moral of this story: keep a comfortable distance. I also know from first had experience that when they take out that little buzz saw to open the scalp that little chunks of skull will fly across the room. Watch out!
2006-07-12 14:12:39 · answer #2 · answered by Charles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a normal feeling. Your professor has been doing this for a while, so to him it is nothing to cut up a body rather roughly. To him it is like cutting up some vegetables for a salad.
You will get used to it and soon the barf and blacking out feelings will slowly disappear and you will be able to cut up humans a little more gently hopefully.
I wish you luck on your med school and all the best for the future.
2006-07-12 14:09:24 · answer #3 · answered by Crystal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm in a PhD engineering program and we had to do it for three days as part of a rotation . We had 16 engineers and no one blacked, threw up or left the room. There were a few who didn't want to the touch the thing ever....3 people or so.
The rest of us were over it within an hour or so and eventually we were able to do the dissection but we were all really tedious about making sure all of our hands/arms/ and chest were covered so we wouldn't take anything with us.....
2006-07-12 14:19:10 · answer #4 · answered by molex77 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most of the time theres no skin on the person's body - to hide their identity. If that doesnt turn you off on the initial part of the cutting up - you'll do just fine.
What will make you throw up is the smell. Good way to prevent that, smear some good old mint smell on your nostril and wear a mask.
Anyway, most bodys dont have much water content so as to make the muscles show up clearly. Less water content = less smell.
I suggest you wear two layers of latex glove to prevent injury when you explore the chest cavity
2006-07-12 14:09:06 · answer #5 · answered by mark k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nah. actually i enjoy my time there. not much people can smell burnt human flesh. hahaha, jus kidding. to me i feel that since you are in this line you should be prepared for such things to happen.
2006-07-13 08:10:01 · answer #6 · answered by rachelkelly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
who skins the bodies?
2006-07-12 14:10:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋