What It's Like Working With Dead Bodies

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My husband, age 48, died in April of this year. He had medical issues that led to his death. He was accepted for a full-body donation and your channel has been so unbelievably educational in learning what happens and how helpful his donation was/is. Thank you for your work, your lessons, and your channel. My most sincere admiration and appreciation to you 'guys'.

Imagine one of those cadavers is a teacher and after he died..he’d still be a teacher..his body serves the purpose

I am a 63 year old Hodgkins Lymphoma survivor that had radiation treatments in 1976 at age 18. Those early treatments left many of us survivors with life long late effects. Mine include thyroid cancer, kidney cancer, lung issues, degenerative disc disease and now heart disease. I hope to donate my body to science so the long term effects of radiation treatments can be studied. Its important what you guys do.

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned ask a mortician. She goes through the whole embalming process. It's fascinating. yet educational in a slightly different way

“I tried donating my body to science. They took a look at me and suggested donating it to science fiction.” - Rodney Dangerfield

My first wife died seven years ago at age 45 from ALS. She wanted her body donated to UCLA to hopefully assist in ALS research. I just found your channel yesterday, and it is a wonderful feeling to know how her remains were likely treated and the enormous benefit derived from her donation. She didn't want a grave, and her ashes were not returned (her body may actually still be in use, which was fascinating to discover). I have no issue with any of this, and I plan to do the same thing. Thank you so much for your channel.

Being a medical student meaning lots of work with cadaver at some point. It's such a sacred & exciting experience. We do some praying together before we start learning or proceeding, and we move & placed their body parts slowly & carefully as it was a fragile precious items

My brother died from an aneurysm, donated hid heart and kidney. I heard two family men revived them. He said he always wanted to be a father. He was 58.

its quite strange to think that these lifeless bodies once were living people with friends,family and their life problems :(

donate your cadaver : people praise you for donating ur body to science donate many cadavers : sudden screaming

My Dad donated his body after he died in October ‘22. It’s amazing how long these bodies can be used! We were told up to 2 years!!

Thank you for this video! My brother just died, a little over a month ago. His wife let us know that he donated his body to the local medical school, at University of South Alabama. I'm grateful that y'all made this. It's a comfort to know the kind of respect people like you show to the selfless people who give their bodies to further medical education and, hopefully, the research to find therapies to combat some devastating diseases. I've already made the choice to allow for anatomical donations but his gift has made me consider giving what remains to either a medical school or a facility such as yours. Thank you for your continuing dedication to advancing medical knowledge.

Mad how you take the knowledge in when your not forced to learn it :)

As a retired firefighter/EMT I've seen many dead bodies, from many different causes, I plan to donate my body when I pass! Thank you for putting out this video to help me understand what happens to the body when it's donated.

As a paramedic and part time deputy coroner, I love your channel. Have you thought about a video on the dying process? E.g.agonal breathing, death rattles, cold extremities, heart stopping leading up to rigor and lividity?

Great to see the professionalism and respect you demonstrate in all of your videos. Thanks so much for the education you’re willing to share.

Greetings from Hong Kong. Here we call body donors "Prof. Body". Med students hold a simple but solemn ritual to welcome and pay respects to these teachers in the beginning of school term.

As a third year student in med-sci who gets to work with cadavers, I can honestly say that the people who have done this are truly amazing.

Gosh this seems so crazy. When I've heard my friends who are studying medicine talk about working with cadavers I didn't think much of it, but seeing it even on video and realizing that that is a body is so crazy. This stuff is amazing and I'm learning so much from these videos, but I don't think I could do your guys' job. I commend you for doing this!