-
Asked by anon-346851 to Shelina, Richard, Lorna, Katy, Jessica Liu, Caroline, Caitlyn, Alex on 24 Jan 2023.
-
Lorna Nisbet answered on 24 Jan 2023:
Toxicologists dont carry out postmortems but they do recieve blood, urine, and organ samples from individuals. Blood from post mortem is very different from blood you might give whilst you are still alive. It has fat deposits, blood clots and can even be slightly green in colour. So a strong stomach is definitely useful within this field!
Thankfully forensic science is now recognising the mental toll that visiting crime scenes, carrying out postmortems, reviewing indecent images/ videos etc can have on those working. This means there is more support, but not everyone is comfortable being in a mortuary.
-
-
Katy Bruce answered on 24 Jan 2023:
This would be the job of either a pathologist or an anatomical pathology technician, or both! I’m neither so I can’t speak from experience but I would imagine it depends on the weight of the body.
-
Richard Case answered on 26 Jan 2023:
I have never had to cut open a body, but I have sometimes had to handle a body to take their fingerprints, and that can be daunting enough… so I will leave any cutting to the experts in that field
Comments
David commented on :
I learn’t about Anatomy through human dissection at University but I don’t get involved in autopsies that is the job of Forensic Pathologists.
Sue commented on :
No you don’t need to be strong but you do need to be prepared and experienced.