SIFEMWK013 — Determine embalming requirements

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28 assessable components: 4 elements (12 performance criteria), 5 performance evidence and 9 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 2 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Identify the deceased person.

1.1Confirm identity of deceased on name tag.
1.2Check and confirm details are accurate against documentation.

2 Prepare mortuary areas and equipment.

2.1Prepare and use personal protective equipment.
2.2Prepare mortuary area and appropriate mortuary instruments and equipment.

3 Prepare for a pre-embalming case analysis.

3.1Transfer the deceased person from mortuary refrigerator to mortuary room.
3.2Confirm death using appropriate non-invasive observation techniques.
3.3Advise team members of the extent of the procedure to be performed and associated precautions that may need to be taken.
3.4Discuss emotional issues likely to be encountered with a particular case.

4 Analyse embalming requirements.

4.1Identify physical and chemical changes of the body.
4.2Inspect the body for a range of body conditions using appropriate instruments, apparatus and materials.
4.3Identify and evaluate effects and treatments required for any identified body conditions.
4.4Determine appropriate embalming techniques and required solution quantity, strength, pressures and rates of flow, taking into account identified body conditions and effects of different treatments.

Performance evidence

identify the deceased and confirm details against documentation
analyse the embalming requirements by examination and evaluate the treatments and effects for specified body conditions and problems
calculate fluid dilutions for specific conditions using appropriate formulas
determine the appropriate embalming techniques to be used and communicate these to mortuary staff advising of potential emotional issues
Evidence of performance of determining embalming requirements of different cases on two or more occasions is required to demonstrate consistency of performance and ability to respond to different situations.

Knowledge evidence

documentation for determining embalming requirements, including: • Medical Certificate or Certificate of Life Extinct • coroner’s warrant • medical report • transfer instructions • waterproof identification tag fixed securely to body • list of personal property, including clothing and shoes for dressing the deceased • receipts for jewellery and other valuables • mortuary occupancy register • embalming form
requirements for preparing the mortuary facility
mortuary equipment, instruments and materials and their associated uses
process for body examination using non-invasive observation techniques, including: • checking for no pulse • looking for fixed and dilated pupils
structures and functions of the systems of the body and the physical and chemical changes following death and their possible impact on the embalming process, including: • body moisture content • vascular problems • delayed embalming • discolouration • exposure to drug therapies • trauma
effects of embalming on various causes of death, medical treatments and procedures
funeral services industry parameters and protocols for dealing with the deceased, including social, cultural and religious considerations
federal, state or territory, and local government legislation and regulations in relevant to work health and safety/occupational health and safety, infection control and handling human remains
workplace policies and procedures in relation to determining embalming requirements.

Foundation skills

Learning skills: to stay abreast with changing techniques and treatments.
Writing skills: to complete embalming requirements report.

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