when your dead...

[Gemba100]

just out of interest, what actually happens when you die? I mean obviously you go stiff and your blood is removed - but what is then injected into your body?

Also, what do they do with the blood? Can it be used to treat others (giving blood) - although i dont know if this would be allowed/wanted?

Just curious!

[voiceofcalm]

blood runs cold when your gone

those who are left live on

but not alot is left to harvest

unless u filled the card in

[helliebobs]

voiceofcalm you are very witty tonight!!

[nursecarla]

blood is drained out then embalming fluid is inserted usually through the neck the blood is drained into a toilet bowl device not very dignified :)

[Scarlett]

I never knew that! Why do they take the blood away?

[nursecarla]

because the body has to be embalmed so as it doesnt decompose and smell during the funeral, you cant embalm if there is blood in the body

[nursecarla]

thats why bodies in coffins have that waxey look, i could tell you some scary stories about what happens after death in funeral homes but it might alarm you :op

[helliebobs]

no, do tell us Nursecarla!! I'm fascinated now!!

[nursecarla]

there is a great book i picked up of amazon that reveals all and also my friend is a funeral director :)

[Gemba100]

me to, please tell.

Is it true, that a person pronouced dead can actually come 'back to life' once their body warms up - after coming out of the freezer?

[nursecarla]

well thats exactly how david blaine performs that trick where he "brings a fly back to life" :)

[Cyborg]

Technically I am dead. But was brought back to life by robotic replacement limbs.

[nursecarla]

hair and nails growing after death is a myth by the way :)))

[{Dakota}]

I didn't know blood was drained either!

Please tell us a story nursecarla! :)

[nursecarla]

they often superglue the mouth shut or sew it which gives that "buck teeth" look....

[bug123]

I heard that dead people fart! Although its probably just the air 'exhaling' from the body.

[{Dakota}]

Why glue the mouths shut??

[bug123]

To make the person look peaceful? Can't imagine it would be pleasant to have a corpse with their mouth hanging open.

What a morbid topic...

[nursecarla]

they drain the organs with a device that goes through the stomach a trocha i think its called which is quite skilled, all orifices are sewn up to prevent leakage and you dont want a mouth dropping open in a parlour :)

[ELVIS68]

nursecarla...roughly how much weight does the body lose after death??

[{Dakota}]

ewww, can you imagine telling people you drain dead bodies for a living? *shudder*