2007-06-11 23:31:31 · 6 answers · asked by bottleblondemama 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
yes i have as part of my medical training and find the experience very disturbing... dissecting cadavers was not so bad though..... love pathology but only after stuff has been fixed onto a slide.leave the 'dirty work' to the pathologists...
2007-06-12 09:15:15 · answer #1 · answered by lucifer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never attended an autopsy, but for the past 4 months I have been performing a dissection on a human cadaver. It's been a very rewarding educational experience and certainly gives you an understanding of the body that no text book can teach! I'm guessing an autopsy would be quite different, but still very interesting.
2007-06-12 08:21:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never attended an autopsy, but I did observe a dissection of a human cadaver.
With knowledge and respect is a very powerful experience.
2007-06-12 06:35:55 · answer #3 · answered by Yuck 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I attended one autopsy during nursing school.
For me, it was a bit sureal - I had cared for the patient in the emergency room (he obviously didn't survive) so I didn't really "know" him, but knew some things about him.
It was a very respectful procedure - to observe, all present had to sign a document noting this was an educational opportunity that truly exposed the frailties of human life along with death and vowing to treat it a patient interaction.
I'm glad I saw one and that it was in a place that treats them as this facility does.
2007-06-13 21:56:22 · answer #4 · answered by FlyGirl24 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have attended an autopsy. One where a man had died of liver cancer and his skin was yellow. The liver was very enlarged.
I attended one of a baby that had died of SIDS. That was hard.
Several others were interesting. I was not nauseous . The saw opening the skull was the worst part.
They say that the actors playing the dead bodies on th CSI shows have a very difficult job.
2007-06-12 08:29:19 · answer #5 · answered by science teacher 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
ive helped with about four of them. the first one was the first time i had ever seen a human dead body and i was very uneasy about it, but by the end of the second one i helped sew up the y incision and stuff the bag of guts back in. i think i built it up in my head but once i sort of accepted what i was seeing it was more of a "huh, so thats what that really looks like." overall it was a good learning experience
2007-06-12 22:04:24 · answer #6 · answered by Michael 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋