http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13192080/?GT1=8211

hey this is a goth board..............
this shit reads like a troma flick.

I heard about this a few weeks ago. I think I heard that some tissues had even been bought and given to patients of UT hospital...not certain though...

Just for clarification, it is standard procedure for ALL bone donation that once the bones are harvested, they are replaced with PVC pipe (I believe the only exception is if the deceased will be creamated). There's a reason they don't usually tell the gory details to the families of potential donors. Imagine how few tissue donors we'd have if they told the families "Then we're going to pop your dad's eyes out of socket so we can harvest his corneas." I remember the very first time I was on call in surgery and got called in. My preceptor sent me to the wrong room on purpose. Instead of going to a room where we were setting up for an emergency craniotomy, I walked into a room where they were in the middle of a bone harvest. Needless to say it was a shock, and I quickly apologized and exited the room. Made me learn the difference between a stretcher and a morgue table in a hurry!

Just remember all of you who THINK you want to be ORGAN & TISSUE donors, they mean a LOT of tissues! You will be sliced and diced until there's nothing left for them to harvest, so if this turns your stomach, you do have the option of donating WHOLE ORGANS ONLY, NO TISSUES!!!

Your local goth surgical/ICU nurse
Amanda

-has secret crush on Lady A-

i want to donate my body to science..hopefully ill go to the body farm and my maggots will make some college student puke.

If you'd prefer your body rot naturally in the hills of Tennessee instead of pumped full of fluids that make you essentially mildew instaed of rot...donate your remains to your local yet famous anthropology department.

http://web.utk.edu/~anthrop/index.htm

Morgan
Your local anthropologeest. [/i]

Asher wrote:-has secret crush on Lady A.

You beat me to it *rawr*

Yeah, I could tell gory stories for days (5 1/2 years of surgery, trust me). I'm usually the one that gets kicked out of the dining room for grossing everyone else out. Gotta have one in every family, I guess.

Lady A wrote:Just for clarification, it is standard procedure for ALL bone donation that once the bones are harvested, they are replaced with PVC pipe (I believe the only exception is if the deceased will be creamated). There's a reason they don't usually tell the gory details to the families of potential donors. Imagine how few tissue donors we'd have if they told the families "Then we're going to pop your dad's eyes out of socket so we can harvest his corneas." I remember the very first time I was on call in surgery and got called in. My preceptor sent me to the wrong room on purpose. Instead of going to a room where we were setting up for an emergency craniotomy, I walked into a room where they were in the middle of a bone harvest. Needless to say it was a shock, and I quickly apologized and exited the room. Made me learn the difference between a stretcher and a morgue table in a hurry!

Just remember all of you who THINK you want to be ORGAN & TISSUE donors, they mean a LOT of tissues! You will be sliced and diced until there's nothing left for them to harvest, so if this turns your stomach, you do have the option of donating WHOLE ORGANS ONLY, NO TISSUES!!!

Your local goth surgical/ICU nurse
Amanda

after I die, I'll probably find my body to be relatively useless.... I'm cool with being a pile of gristle and remmants. If somebody wants to wear my dead-ass skin for the rest of their life, I say go for it!!

Lady A wrote:Just for clarification, it is standard procedure for ALL bone donation that once the bones are harvested, they are replaced with PVC pipe (I believe the only exception is if the deceased will be creamated). There's a reason they don't usually tell the gory details to the families of potential donors. Imagine how few tissue donors we'd have if they told the families "Then we're going to pop your dad's eyes out of socket so we can harvest his corneas." I remember the very first time I was on call in surgery and got called in. My preceptor sent me to the wrong room on purpose. Instead of going to a room where we were setting up for an emergency craniotomy, I walked into a room where they were in the middle of a bone harvest. Needless to say it was a shock, and I quickly apologized and exited the room. Made me learn the difference between a stretcher and a morgue table in a hurry!

Just remember all of you who THINK you want to be ORGAN & TISSUE donors, they mean a LOT of tissues! You will be sliced and diced until there's nothing left for them to harvest, so if this turns your stomach, you do have the option of donating WHOLE ORGANS ONLY, NO TISSUES!!!

Your local goth surgical/ICU nurse
Amanda

Yeah, your right. I used to work with a guy who used to go, cut up, and take apart folks for re-sale. He told me alot of stories. There was a warehouse in Nashville, I think, that stored alot of parts. Pretty interesting.

i love gory stories..my mom was a phleb in a hospital for along time but trying to get any good stories out of her was like pulling teeth.

And good idea, Morgan.

there is plenty of me for everbody(jk).....once im dead i could give a rats ass in hell what happens to my luggage.....i just dont want to be forgotten

i want to donate my body to that German dr who plasticizes bodies and makes sculptures out of them. then again, he has a huge waiting list.

Hardcoregirl wrote:If you'd prefer your body rot naturally in the hills of Tennessee instead of pumped full of fluids that make you essentially mildew instaed of rot...donate your remains to your local yet famous anthropology department.

http://web.utk.edu/~anthrop/index.htm

Morgan
Your local anthropologeest. [/i]

Ah but they also said this:

Donation of your body to the Department of Anthropology does not prevent donation of other tissues or organs.

Does that mean if you want your organs to be donated they still can be,...or does it mean even if you don't want your organs to be donated, it cannot be prevented???

Francesca

Hmmmmmmm...........

karmakaze wrote:i want to donate my body to that German dr who plasticizes bodies and makes sculptures out of them. then again, he has a huge waiting list.

And theres a "Donation Plan" section on his site......
http://www.bodyworlds.com/

i've thought about donating my body to

herman nitsch

http://globalfire.tv/nj/graphs/madelblut.jpg


http://www.nitsch.org/


i fear he may be dust before me though
so i should probably find something else artistic to do with my corpse

morgan

have you been to the body farm?

rec|use wrote:morgan

have you been to the body farm?

Yep.

is it possible for me to take a tour of the property ?

i think in the past I have heard of them taking limited tours, probrably for the contributers to the program...