Cadavers are in short supply

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http://cw2.trb.com/news/kwgn-cadaver-count,0,3216853.story

 

[cpants]

The government should just mandate that we all give our bodies to science. Problem solved. They don't respect any of our other property anyway.

 

[Non-TradTulsa]

Funny, people in the South seem to like donation. If I'm not mistaken, Oklahoma is a net body exporter. Just hope you don't get one of those "heavier" corpses that Colorado decided to accept. My poor cadaver died young from melanoma - and I really hoped she didn't suffer too much, but she had absolutely no body fat whatsoever left. Made dissection much easier. Other teams in the room had cadavers who were only somewhat heavy, and the constant cleaning away of fat was just gross. I can't imagine having a truly fat cadaver. Another bit of bad news... since they use primarily phenol now instead of formaldehyde, by the end of the semester, the heavier cadavers smelled... well, let's just say you'll have to experience that for yourself. The sickly-sweet smell of preservative is not the worst thing you'll ever smell in anatomy lab.

 

[gro2001]

I had a cadaver that was very heavy. Made anatomy hell for me. Especially the abdomen block.

 

[Occams Razor]

Why do undergrads need cadavers at all (aside from nursing)...the 21 yr old in the article had a MINOR in biomedical sciences. I'm sure he could get by without a cadaver dissection, honestly.

 

[Monica Lewinsky]

I really dont see the need for most students to do dissections other than med and PT students. These other kids could get prosections and learn the anatomy just as well.

 

[deuist]

The government should just mandate that we all give our bodies to science. Problem solved. They don't respect any of our other property anyway.

I was just about to suggest the same thing. The federal government could create an opt out service, whereby all bodies are automatically donated to science unless a person opts out in writing.

 

[LifetimeDoc]

I actually had more time do do the dissections properly in undergrad, and the other undergrad students were much more interested in learning everything about our cadaver than in medical school. There, you have so much material, many students try and learn the least amount possible to get by on the exam and stay afloat. There is no time to do a good job in medical school, at least the way they do it at my institution. I think that people who are in a gross anatomy that is held by itself probably do better.

 

[abooodMD]

WoW ...
I can't believe this ...

anyway in my medical school ... we study anatomy using plastic models.. no real cadavers we have 😳😳..
no problem about short supply of cadavers ...
just use plastic models ... and by the way , don't forget to look up in Netter Anatomy Atlas 😀😀 ..

Enjoy ,,,,,

 

[BSN2DOC]

Why do undergrads need cadavers at all (aside from nursing)...the 21 yr old in the article had a MINOR in biomedical sciences. I'm sure he could get by without a cadaver dissection, honestly.

Nursing does not need cadavers -- my institution does not use cadavers for their nursing school. Will nurses ever really need to know the intricates of the human body? Probably not. A general understanding of where the major structures are does just fine. Honestly, I don't remember crap from my anatomy class because in nursing I really don't need to know any of the intricate details of the body.

 

[Occams Razor]

My undergrad anatomy class was a pre-nursing section. It was pretty basic, nothing like med school anatomy. We had 2 "used" cadavers on loan from the med school, but didn't much at them, so it was pointless.

(We did, however, intricately study the brain and spinal cord of a deer that a classmate had killed over the weekend. Ah yes, going to school in the country.)

 

[SugPlum]

A lot of undergrad anatomy courses use prosected bodies. I know one school that keeps the bodies around for 2 years before returning them to the med school for cremation.

Aside from med and PT students, I know that paramedic students use cadavers, perhaps to practice procedures.

 

[cpants]

You'd think some of the donors might be pretty annoyed to know the shenanigans that go on with their bodies. Read Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach. It's pretty unbelievable.

 

[Agent Splat]

I'll get to work on this disturbing shortage immediately.

 

[Husky85]

Hmmmmm, now if we could only find some plastic patients we'd be golden!

WoW ...
I can't believe this ...

anyway in my medical school ... we study anatomy using plastic models.. no real cadavers we have 😳😳..
no problem about short supply of cadavers ...
just use plastic models ... and by the way , don't forget to look up in Netter Anatomy Atlas 😀😀 ..

Enjoy ,,,,,

 

[Colbert]

Nursing does not need cadavers -- my institution does not use cadavers for their nursing school. Will nurses ever really need to know the intricates of the human body? Probably not. A general understanding of where the major structures are does just fine. Honestly, I don't remember crap from my anatomy class because in nursing I really don't need to know any of the intricate details of the body.

I don't think they necessarily need to dissect, but you don't what do you think nurses do need to know then? I think nurses need to and do learn much more than the "general understanding of where the major structures are." How are they really to assist you unless they know where all the arteries and veins run or why they're running the neurological tests that they are?