Deathcare A.M.A. Q5: “Just How Gross Does an Embalmer’s Job Get?”
Welcome to Deathcare A.M.A. (Ask Morticians Anything), where you’ll learn all about what regular people (read: non-morticians) are asking the Internet … and how their questions are being answered — accurately, hilariously, or otherwise. Our goal is to give you a different perspective on what your families and communities really want to know, but are too scared to ask.
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(Kari Northey, Kari the Mortician, 5 years ago)
Yes, there is gross stuff…the not so nice body stuff as explained by a funeral director.
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(Mortuary Marketing, @mortuarymarketing, December 2022)
What is the grossest thing I have to deal with as a mortician?
(on r/askfuneraldirectors by narwhal_hugger, 2 weeks ago)
I’m considering being a funeral director but I’m squeamish. How much blood and guts do you have to deal with? I know part of the schooling is learning to embalm. I can handle blood perfectly fine but the guts part might be an issue.
