Dr. G Medical Examiner - The Decomp Room

[Askimoula]

On a side note, burying is much better for the environment than cremation, as long as it's done within 24 hours of death and there are no fancy chemicals involved.

[Askimoula]

@tbursee

That's why I tend to think that women are better placed for medical work than men as we have to deal with the smell of rotting blood on a monthly basis, especially if you're into the hiking/camping scene with no showers in sight for days at a time. And if you get food poisoning & have diarrhoea at the same time, plus a yeast infection, well, that pretty much approximates the smell of dead, rotting rat corpses, such as you'd get trapped in between the walls of some buildings.

[Askimoula]

She looks wonderfully normal.

[lordvladislas]

isn't there a oil like substance people put under their noses???

[wilkyns13]

@lordvladislas As a mortician I use Vicks Vaporub when working with decomposing cases! :)

[kompkari923]

I actually kind of like working with the decomps.. you get used to the smell and it's really interesting to see what can happen to a body under different un natural conditions. Ugh it's alot of residency though!!!

[Cdeanne]

@MsSlayerized666 yeah, so I'm guessing 10 times worse? lol..

[MysteriousDrella]

I have a sollicitation running for a job as assistant in the mortuarium. I know half what I could expect, but this is a bit what I'm afraid off. The smell of decay, and stinking afterwards. But I can stand a great number of stench, so I hope I can cope with this one too. I found the stench of operations (on people that are still alive) where they burned through skull kind of intimidating though: that was kind of overwhelming. Stoma's/diapers not a problem though.

[Cdeanne]

I always wondered what a cadaver smelt like o.O

[MsSlayerized666]

@Cdeanne have you smelled a dead animal before?

[wilkyns13]

@Cdeanne Smells like nothing if the person died on natural causes... but the smell really depends of the way it died.

[jamesmac10]

nice

[avonee1976]

I've smelled decaying body parts and she's right that they smell like hamburger that's turning sour. It's not a pleasant smell but to me, it's a lot more tolerable than smelling human excrement.

[wilkyns13]

@avonee1976 Yep, human excrement smells even worse (in my opinion).

[MartinJaimeLorenzo]

I am in love of you,Dr.Garavaglia.

[AngelicLove21]

Why don't they put masks over their noses?

[nubonyx]

@AngelicLove21 , a mask is absolutely no help when you're on a decomp. The last one I worked on smelled so bad we had to open the doors that lead to the outside of the autopsy lab. I know people outside got a good blast of what rotting human flesh smells like that day.

[cadaver4dinner]

im a forensic pathology tech and thankfully we dont get decomps to often here in lil ol new zealand but weve had few lately and i agree wit dr g u get over the apearanc but the smell stays with you for ages!!

[springchickn]

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[sdnm86]

That noisome odor would be unbearable I'm sure....

[Mobee211]

I would PUKE. If I saw one maggot I would haul ass. Fuck this I wil work the fryolater at McDonald's!!

[swskf2]

Dr.G was on HEAD RUSH! :D watch it on Science channel it was on Cool Jobs in science :D GO DR. G!!!

[cbrown39xl]

Just walk in and take huge breaths in, once you do that it wont bother you as much!

[JORDANNYC17]

why are they making this a laughing issue, shit aint funny at all , its disgusting

[macrent2]

We put vicks vapor rub under our masks, but it's like cigarrette smoke it stays on your clothes and in your hair.

[Forensicpathologist1]

I can't wait to do this for a living!!!

[tbursee]

A friend of mine is a heart surgeon, and he said the hardest part of his rotations when he was interning, was doing pelvic exams on unclean women, and the smell of autopsys. He said you never get used to it , thats why all his patients are alive and he deals with the heart.

[otoole420]

Damn it I need to find a coroner that would let me work as an intern I want to do this job but medical school is out of the question I guess I am screwed

[mincer123]

u cud b a mortuary assistant!, im in england and the job is called an Anatomical Pathology Technologist and thats what im planing todo :) im a bit scared tho, ive never seen a dead person before :S

[tuttoz]

army.....joint the army they pay for you ...

[UnluckilyEnlightened]

It seems like she takes her job to be fun! Yeah its what she does for a living and apparently found interesting to start...but she needs to speak with more respect for Those people and even even if she finds it cool,relaxing and interesting to cut people open or examine them...she needs to keep it to herself and show more moral respect! Still Respect her though...Smart woman!

[tapdancegirl88]

i love the stink it smells good

[mainetechthegreat]

Silly..lol They Must Get alot of money I could Not Do IT!!!! I can look at it on the internet but, not up close

[XxthemetalloverxX]

What the fuck?...

[dwainey310]

i have a huge respect for people like Dr. G .. im a mortician and i know what it smells like but she stands thru it all to help people bring together the last part of the days or moments b4 a person dies .. Kudos for people like you!

[Libitina72]

I am also...

[Simonjay0]

@dwainey310 Wow nice. If I was a mortician I reckon it would freak me out.

[iluvSpectacular011]

@dwainey310 OMG! I wanna be a mortician what do i need to do?

[nakkoyah]

@dwainey310 Hi I saw you said that u were a mortician. I'd like to become a mortician. how many years would i have 2 go 2 school for it?

[ciara425]

She's right the smell is horrible my mother is a pathology assistant and I always know when she has had a decomp body because she smells like it and I run away.

[emeraldvenus]

Thank God for people like Dr. G. How else would we know how someone died? I suppose having smelled the strong odor of decomp for so many years, may have desensitized the olfactory nerve to the point where there is little to no sense of smell. Perhaps it's psychological. I can't even begin to imagine what 200 lbs of rotting hamburger would smell like, yet alone a rotting corpse.  I have great respect for Dr. G. She's helped solve many cases related to accidents, disease & murder.

[lynnej1970]

lets all laugh,,i uderstand they find out idf their foul play,,but jesus to laugh like this...

[kray3702]

I love the smell of a rotting corpse in the morning

[gigi0806]

ew!

[kray3702]

I was just kidding.lol

[gigi0806]

thanks god

[iraqidolphin]

Gross. This is on television. How do they eat afterwards.

[heliobacter20]

I'm not sure if it's avavilable in the americas yet, but they were developing a great method somewhere is europe. They freeze the body with liquid nitrogen, then shatter it into dust with ultrasonic waves. The resulting biological dust is then put into the ground and a plant is planted over it. It is in tiny particles so it is absorbed more readily and integrated into the soil.

[danludedude]

so you sort of live on as a plant

hmmmmm

[emeraldvenus]

This is why I want to be cremated.  I hate the thought of my body decaying and rotting in the ground. I believe cemeteries are a waste of land and contaminate the ground. But cremating may also cause air pollution. I'd still choose cremation so nothing could eat away at me. Seems purer to me.

[13TH1RT33N13]

I feel the same.Cemeteries are poisonous.I went to a Catholic college with a cemetery for clergy alongside a street leading to the parking lot.There was a 6ft deep storm drain in the street about ten feet from the closest graves.One Spring it rained heavily for 4 days straight.The stench that came up from the drain the 4th day was horrible.People don't know enough about the process of decomposition and the deadly chemicals used to embalm bodies.If they did,likely no one would choose to be buried

[13TH1RT33N13]

I can see by the number of thumbs down that a lot of people here still can't come to grips with what really happens to the body after death. Oh well, just continue to waste good lands by filling them with rotting, chemical injected corpses. The resurrection will happen and all our bodies will be restored, sure.

[MrsPoodle78]

You are right about the unnatural process of embalming and burial. We will eventually have to turn to an alternative.

[13TH1RT33N13]

thanks.

[Marianne420]

I once came across a rotting dog that was buried and unburied by some animals. The smell is something you'll know right away even if you've never smelled it before.

[random123xoxo]

hehe, thats funny

[OnStillnox]

And because I liked bubble baths and wore deodorant all the time in life, I swear, I'm NEVER gong to end up that way. The minute I die please cremate me and spray some perfume in my jar as well, thanks

[OnStillnox]

i once walked by a 2-month decomposed body...and threw up right away because of the smell. I don't know how they can deal with it

[camelotnax]

Did you understand right away that the smell was from a rotting corpse, not garbage? What is the main difference?

[KuteGirl32]

Lol, I can't even think of how it smells lol.

But she has to get used to it.. EW!

[Huckersbee]

Right-o!

[wintertwin2]

That sounds oh so pleasant :P