| Job Title |
Embalmer |
| Job Description |
Prepares Bodies For Interment In Conformity With Legal
Requirements: Washes And Dries Body, Using Germicidal Soap And
Towels Or Hot Air Drier. Inserts Convex Celluloid Or Cotton
Between Eyeball And Eyelid To Prevent Slipping And Sinking Of
Eyelid. Presses Diaphragm To Evacuate Air From Lungs. May Join
Lips, Using Needle And Thread Or Wire. Packs Body Orifices With
Cotton Saturated With Embalming Fluid To Prevent Escape Of Gases
Or Waste Matter. Makes Incision In Arm Or Thigh, Using Scalpel,
Inserts Pump Tubes Into Artery, And Starts Pump That Drains
Blood From Circulatory System And Replaces Blood With Embalming
Fluid. Incises Stomach And Abdominal Walls And Probes Internal
Organs, Such As Bladder And Liver, Using Trocar To Withdraw
Blood And Waste Matter From Organs. Attaches Trocar To
Pump-tube, Starts Pump, And Repeats Probing To Force Embalming
Fluid Into Organs. Closes Incisions, Using Needle And Suture.
Reshapes Or Reconstructs Disfigured Or Maimed Bodies, Using
Materials, Such As Clay, Cotton, Plaster Of Paris, And Wax.
Applies Cosmetics To Impart Lifelike Appearance. Dresses Body
And Places Body In Casket. May Arrange Funeral Details, Such As
Type Of Casket Or Burial Dress And Place Of Interment [director,
Funeral (personal Ser.)]. May Maintain Records, Such As Itemized
List Of Clothing Or Valuables Delivered With Body And Names Of
Persons Embalmed.
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