Title: Describe the proper techniques and equipment employed in the dignified removal of remains under diverse conditions.
Course: Introduction to Mortuary Science (14299) > Section: Planning the Funeral

Description should include

- respectful way of asking for logistics
- placing an identification bracelet and/or toe tag on the decedent
- removing personal effects
- wrapping homicides/suicides/suspicious deaths in a clean white sheet
- placing the body in body bag
- zippering and sealing the bag with a numbered lock
- transferring and securing the remains to a removal stretcher
- loading the remains into the mortuary vehicle
- transporting the remains.

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why is it necessary to ID the remains?
- Why does the color of the sheet matter with a homicide or suicide?
- Why is demographic logistic information needed?