Removal Process. "First Call" What happens before Embalming Process!!!

[planetchinchilla]

Can somebody interested in the business work as a greeter? I've wanted to work in a funeral home my friend was a mortician and I got interested how do I go about doing this?becoming a greeter that is..

[girlmusic2remember]

When my father died, and then when my mother died later on, I'd hate to think they were referred to as "it."

[dandaus]

Did you watch Six feet under show?

[raneve23]

Cool video

[LydiasNightmare]

What was the worst as far as physical damage (Shot, hit by a car, etc) that you had to do?

[colby9818]

do you have to have scooling to be a apprentice? id love to do it, I worked at a cemetery and buried a few people and got them out of the hearse and stuff. im sure I could do this. let me know please. and thank you

[xTJProduction1000x]

Hi there I have been watching your videos and there are two things I would like to know 1. Is it scary being a funeral director? and 2 what is the name is the music you have playing in the background

[FuneralApprentice]

@xTJProduction1000x No, it is not scary. There are times where you might be on edge but nothing serious. Are you taking about the piano music?

[xTJProduction1000x]

@FuneralApprentice Yes Im talking about the piano music I wanna find it because its nicw

[MsKosmoKramer]

you ever slam the door on your finger during removals? lol i did that on my first

[FuneralApprentice]

@MsKosmoKramer No I have not done that yet. But, I have had my fair share of other things.

[alnilam66]

God speed old lady..

[thelonelygoth]

my idel job: Mortician's Assistant <3

[bunybonbon]

nike commercial for the fastest runner LOL.

love your videos, make more plz^^

yes if someone is going to have this job- have a ing sense of humor is a plus.

[FuneralApprentice]

@bunybonbon Thank you for you response.

[969heather]

youve got to have a sense of humour as you see all sorts have you trained to be a make up artist and to reconstruct the deceased after car crashes where do you keep the deceased after there laid out in the uk its different they go in a private chappel do they all go in a special room when in there caskets im intrested uk

[cc11008]

Thanks for this film...  aside from all the seriousness ... i love your sense of humor

[Gomez0317]

have you ever had the bed fall when taking it out of the truck while a body was on it?

[FuneralApprentice]

@Gomez0317 Almost. I have had to do a few quick maneuvers to keep that from happening before.

[D1vid3By0]

Haha, well this seems like the easiest way to pick-up women...

Jking RIP.

[reikoyanib]

nice you made death not that creepy as i seen in the movie

[joel43160]

I swear I seen the body move.

[Gomez0317]

@joel43160 right when he put her in the back she moved!

[TheUnknownManInBlack]

@theunknownmaninblack I just realized you do have a radio in your car. I did not hear it last time I watched this video.

[Bamsine321]

He looks a little spooky himself. ... the driver....

[FuneralApprentice]

@Bamsine321 I'm not spooky. Its just what I'm taking about that makes me seem spooky.

[tabbyjo7]

I have a few questions and if they come up to be rude i apologize. anyway...how do you do this as your everyday job? I have been to 2 funerals within a few months. 1 other funeral i did not attend to but i help spread the ashes. I used to be able to "accept" funerals you could say when i was younger(i'm 18 now) but it seems like i get sick to my stomach really bad and ugh. lol. doesn't working and touching the bodies creep you out? Also...how do you dress a body when it is stiff? thanks.

[FuneralApprentice]

@tabbyjo7 I have no idea how I cope with what I do. I leave work at work and that is what I try to do. There are some people out there that can just deal with this and I am one of them.

[uctuba9013]

thank you for posting this video. i am interested in funeral directing/embalming. how long does schooling usually take for becoming an emblamber/director?

[cpd3421]

3:40 to 3:50 body moved! whats with that?

[NoWattz]

@cpd3421 It looked like an edit cut in the video to me.

[FuneralApprentice]

@NoWattz I edited the video.

[FuneralApprentice]

@cpd3421 I edited the video. Lol The body did not move.

[TheUnknownManInBlack]

At 4:17 you started talking about getting scared in the back of the car. Is there not a radio to turn on for music?

Well then again music might make it worse if it's scary music. lol

[chevyloverguy1]

Just a quickie between like 3:40 and 3:50 was that just a shadow or did the guy move ?

[takeover1908]

Is their a special procedure when a person is badly decomposed they found a person in my building and thry called ems (in which i responded) and he was green and ozzing fluid

[garycalgary]

do you cry over some people? I know it's a job but there must be some that get to you?

[FuneralApprentice]

@garycalgary Yes, I do get emotional sometimes. Its hard not too especially with babies and small children.

[teenyweenies]

@FuneralApprentice We had a guy the other day that had hung himself. He was only 18. I brushed his hair back and told him I was so sorry. A few weeks ago, we had a little girl with pig tails. We have a job to do, but we still have huge hearts.

[marshfield01]

Sir, although you may have watched for the people to move, I would imagine they most likely do it when your not looking. such as between 3:40 to 3:50

[matt876mma]

@marshfield01 HAhahaha, i noticed that too, their leg went down, and head moved to the side while he shut the door and walked to the car.

[wnaburgencesante]

As a Paramedic (& wanna be director) I triple check anyone I have been called to where they have expired just to make sure. I know the feeling like you spoke about when transporting them, I looked back in the mirror often going back to the F.H. when I worked for the Ambulance services associated with a Funeral Home . BTW These are great videos for those looking into Mortuary Sciences as a career !

[DarkNightDreamer]

Look at his back at 3:03 

[luxxii13]

I'm starting college in January for Arts in Applied Science, Embalming and Funeral Director. I'm totally stoked! I've been fascinated by death and the human body since i was a tiny girl. I know it sounds crazy, but i would "dissect" the little dead animals i found around the neighborhood and learned by age 10 every body organ. I love your videos and look forward to many more! And any advice on school and classes would be great!

~xo

[sk8tbaker12]

what if it started moving?

[mickmakka]

Ohk thanks for responding! :)

[jdoggg1119]

i dont mean to be disrespectful, but doesnt anyone find it ironic that he's driving by a cemetary on the way to the removal?

[FuneralApprentice]

@jdoggg1119 I is because our funeral home is on cemetery grounds. We own both a funeral home and cemetery. I had to go back to the office to get our removal vehicle, hence the cemetery in the background on the video.

[mickmakka]

Does a deceased person usually just look asleep once they have died? I have seen my uncle about 2 minutes after he died and he pretty much just looked asleep..

[FuneralApprentice]

@mickmakka Well it all depends on how the person has past. In most cases you are correct, because most pass in their sleep, hospitals, or nursing homes.

[TheSUPERMANFAN1]

hey im 14 and and i know this sounds creepy but i work with my uncle and my grandfather at their funeral home and want to offically work there wen im older and youre videos have helped me under stand much better thanks!

[FuneralApprentice]

@TheSUPERMANFAN1 No problem. Thanks for watching.

[Gomez0317]

@TheSUPERMANFAN1 damn bro you have balls

[casstrll01]

Would you please explain one of the reason?

[FuneralApprentice]

@casstrll01 Well if a body has already started to decompose, burn victims, loss of body fluids, and purging of gases and body fluids. These are the most common reasons why a body would have an odor before embalming. I hope this helps, let me know if you have more questions. Thanks William.

[casstrll01]

Does the body have a foul smell?

[FuneralApprentice]

@casstrll01 Yes, sometimes a body can have an odor. This can be caused by innumerable reasons.

[bdeesch]

Hi William, thanks for answering my questions. Can you tell me what percentage of people (approx) is indeed embalmed and what percentage isn't? Is that like 70-30? And, I would also like to know where the blood goes to when being replaced by embalming fluids? Does it go down the drain and then in the sewer? Or is the blood stored in biohazard containers? I can imagine that body fluids in the sewer are not highly recommendable. Do you now if obducted bodies are being embalmed as well? Rgds, Bas

[FuneralApprentice]

@bdeesch. Very good questions. At our our funeral home it's about 80% embalmed, the other 20% are cremation or just decline embalming. It's all very different though around the U.S., some states like Arizona, do up to 70% cremation and only 30% traditional funerals. The U.S. is starting to heavily lean toward cremation, thankfully Oklahoma has not got that far yet. Currently we are not required to dispose of body fluids in any certain fashion, so it does indeed go right down the sewer. Continued

[FuneralApprentice]

@bdeesch. But we do already have separate sewage systems ready just incase the government steps in to change things. I agree, that it's not a great way to dispose of body waste, but that's the way it is. Could you clarify what you mean by obducted bodies, I'm not quite sure what you mean. Thanks, William.

[bdeesch]

Do you know if a dead person that is NOT being elbalmed is wearing clothes in their caskets or not?

[FuneralApprentice]

@bdeesch. Hope I'm answering you question correctly. Our bodies are always dressed, unless family asks us not to do so, or for decomp reasons. We can still dress and view a person that has not been embalmed. The only thing we require in that case is, the funeral be within 48 hours after death. Reason, a body that has not been embalmed decomposes at a much faster rate that one embalmed. A body embalmed still decomposes, just at a much slower rate. Is this what you mean? William.

[bdeesch]

And also a question... Is every dead body embalmed? I mean...a lot of people don't want an open casket. More and more people want to be cremated as well, so is it standard in the USA that every dead body is being embalmed or is this only when the person that died wished for an open casket? I don't know how long a dead body can be preserved without being embalmed while kept in a cooling machine. In Holland the time between death and funeral/cremation is approx 5 to 7 days.

[FuneralApprentice]

@bdeesch. No, not all bodies are embalmed. Some people do not want to be embalmed, nor is it required. You can have an open casket funeral with a non embalmed body, it just needs to be within a few days after death. We too have funerals with embalmed body's from 5 to 7 days also. Let me know if you have anymore questions.

[bdeesch]

Thanks a lot for posting this. I think it's very hard to find good instruction video's that are actually shot on scene, as in real life, non fake footage. Here in The Netherlands it's almost impossible to find video's that show actual footage of the cremation process, embalming etc. Which is a bit weird, because we all seem to die one day... I guess most people people rather watch video's of cats playing with a toy or something... Perhaps that could be a thing of denial... Thanks again for this!

[Lutester1990]

why did it take u 10 min in the nursing home?

[FuneralApprentice]

@Lutester1990 When removing a body from nursing homes, hospitals and hospice facilities, they require you to fill out paperwork before they will release the body into your care. Also, I had to go into the room and remove the person from their bed to the cot, and get them ready for transit. Most of the time it takes longer than 10 minutes. Especially in hospitals, because you are a the mercy of the escort, (security) whom normally takes forever to meet you to make the removal.