Dead Body Dressing Tutorial
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- čas přidán 24. 06. 2024
- I dress dead bodies for a living. This is a helpful guide on how to dress the deceased.
After watching this, you should have no problems, in case in which you would need to do it by yourself.
I show the complete process of securing the body, so the fluids won't stain the clothes.
You can see how to handle a dead body as well with the hip and arm grab, because you need to flip it on it's side while dressing it.
I prepared and dressed hundreds of bodies so far, so these are my own techniques, that seems to be optimal for me.
When the body has rigor mortis, then you need to 'break it' (hence the bone breaking myth), which means excercising the limbs, so everything loosens up.
The limbs crack in the joints sometimes, which strenghtens the above mentioned myth.
I never broke someone's bone and can't imagine a situation in which that could happen or would be required.
Sometimes the rigor mortis is in full force and you can do nothing to break it.
It would just need some time to go away but since the funeral is already scheduled, the body needs to be dreesed as is.
Some people, who were lying in bed for years, have shortened tendons from being in the fetal position.
The tendons would need to be cut to straighten the legs and no family wants that, so the body is put into a casket as it died in the bed, on it's side.
To dress a big dead body you need two persons and sometimes even three or more.
Where I live, there are not many morbidly obese people, so it's a rarity to dress someone over 120kg/264lbs. I only cut clothes when they are to small.
Families often deliver old clothes which are at least a size too small.
Normally I don't cut clothes on the back and use my trademark rolling technique instead.
It's a neat trick that I came up with by myself and taught it to people that are way longer in this business than me.
Usually I dress the corpse by myself but sometimes with a member of a family of the dead and that's a whole different story, but I'm good at it and empathetic enough to arrange an atmosphere of quiet professionalism and just genuine human understanding and care.
I like to guide these poor people on how to put the socks on their father or mother and they always walk out way calmer and sometimes even smiling.
It's a great feeling to be able to change someone's mood in such hard situation, just by doing your job the best that you can.
I'm realy grateful for that and I don't think that I will be able to feel grater satisfaction than when I'm my own version of a mythical Charon. It's a priviledge and a duty.
In this tutorial I used a medical phantom and dressed it in my own clothes.
The whole thing usually takes me about an hour (up to three), from opening the bag, to the body looking presentable in the casket. There are lot of useful tricks in here, so please pay attention.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Removing the body from the bag
1:18 Cleaning and stuffing
2:31 Diaper and underwear
3:37 Socks
4:34 Shirt
6:37 Tie
6:56 Jacket
7:34 Trousers
8:13 Shoes
8:50 Unstuffing and hair and makeup
9:32 Final touches
9:58 Outro
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Martin.
I’ve seen many videos on caring for the dead.
I find your videos to be professional, yet very personal and grounded.
The information provided is straight forward with no confusion.
Coming from a small community growing up. A majority of my family and friends that passed, were taken care of by one couple.
They have been providing service to the community for 45+ years.
I have the highest respect and gratitude for the individuals that provide this necessary service.
Personally, individuals in profession are compassionate and caring.
Best regards,
R
Thank you, that's very nice of you 🙂
I was understood man being dressed by a man. Do men dress up the wemen to also I also thought that the clothing was cut up the back so all you have to do is lay on the body and tuck in the sides. When I had to send my mother's suit to the funeral home. They wanted a slip and a bra , I don't think they ask for shoes or knee hi's or anything like that. Her skirts were down to her ankles. She was a church mother. You do great work I hope my mom was treated with dignity like you did with the mannequin man body.
There is a profesionell case with respect for her job and client.@@reenyjackson7574
Martin you sir are a true professional. I saw the comment you made to someone about striving for perfection and you do. Don't think for a minute people won't notice how good their loved looks. It's the special touches that people see. Thank you for sharing this.
Ppl notice. My mother looked great. My stepdad looked awful.
I find this so incredibly fascinating. Thank you for sharing.
I just discovered your channel today. I subscribed as quick as I could. You have my utmost respect in all that you do.
I didn’t think shoes were put on the deceased. They told us not to bring them when my parents died.
I have the utmost respect for people in the mortuary business. It is something that needs to be done and not everyone is cut out for that type of work. I know I could never do it.
That happened with my dad they wouldn’t put shoes on him. What’s up with that? 🤷♂️
My beloved Mother died on 5 April 2023. My sister and I decided that shoes were a must, and we supplied our local Funeral Home with underwear, tights, bra and shoes. When my Mum was coffined, we checked if she was clothed appropriately. All clothes and jewellery were in place, just as we expected. Thank you, S Clarke and Son. 👍👍👍
@@danielscuiry2847It's the sign on a bad Funeral Director. If you want shoes on your loved one, it's your choice and you are entitled to have.Why? Because you are paying for your loved one to be dressed as you wish....
@@gaggymott9159 Mouth was not closef
Thanks for the demonstrations, I have always heard that the clohes are split in the back but you have helped me to understand the procedure, thanks again
I also have respect for you cause of the care and respect you have for the person.i lost allot of people in my family,parents and 3 siblings so I appreciate your work and time you do. Thank you for your work
I lost 1 sibling.
I think we would all like someone like you looking after us when our time comes. 🥰
Very nicely done. You have a kind heart.
You did a great job. Thanks for being kind to them.
I can see this channel blowing up ! Really cool explanation, nice one.
Thanks, it cost me a lot of work with this one but it was well worth it. I feel like I just gave birth to a child, that was way overdue 😄
@@MartinsGraveyard hahaha you should be so proud !
Thank you for sharing. You are incredibly professional and respectful. I find this so fascinating your tips are am sure a huge help to others who share your same profession.👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻
Thank you Marie. I strive for perfection and always try to do things a little bit better. I recently turned back half way out of the cemetery because I looked at the picture and saw that the tie could be better adjusted. They laugh at me and tell me that I overdo things.
You are the best at I see like now...congratulationdear Martin.@@MartinsGraveyard
Absolutely awesome and so respectful and efficient (even to the dummy!) Well done x
I always wondered what happened to the crash test dummies after the test.
Thank you for taking such
Respectful care 🙏🏽
Y'all are amazing 👏 Always wondered how you do this. Wonderful job!!
Thank you for the useful tips, i use them in my work, very helpful.
You are MAGNIFICAT MARTIN you really do it all and what a kind way you handle him. Excellent job. Good night to you all 😇👍
Very interesting. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Excellent job. Thank you for sharing this
Appreciate the peaks behind the curtain as it were. Wish I could observe and chat in person. Also big props for hand digging graves, didn't think that was still being done, i think it adds a nice personal touch to someones final resting place.
Amazing job you're doing. Never seen this before. When my grandad died my family did all this... A bit scary. I don't like dead people, it's very sad. I don't believe in suffering, no not at all. Thank you for showing this, good to know... amazing, bless you.
What a priceless job. May God bless you.
Iread somewhere that they cut the clothes up the back .Bodies do relaxed eventually....this looked hard work and a bit too much trauma on the deceased
Thank you for showing how it's done. It was interesting.
Very professionally done!
Great demonstration . Thank you .
Educational and fun to watch you demonstrate, thank you 🙏
Lovely presentation of how to dress a dead person, the best seen so far, thank you.
Absolutely awesome. I never saw that in my life but it looks is cool.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it so much. Check out the others too!
Thank You for Sharing that great video. From Tulsa Oklahoma GOD BLESSED YOU AND YOUR FAMILY'AND FRIENDS.
Martin ❤I am thanking you for my family and everyone else family you haven't service else you have respect God continue to bless you and your family
Thanks for your professional work.
hello I just want to say thank you to you and others like you on your profession for your service to our deceased loved ones with people like you our families wouldn't be looking so lovely and well taken care of after their death
It's comforting knowing the facts of things unknown
This is so respectful and I hope my loved ones were and are dressed like this, I’ve seen on other channels that people say they dressed the dead in big plastic bags under their clothes, and clothes are cut up the back, placed over the person and tucked underneath, I know they aren’t there anymore but it made me feel sad that they were in cold plastic bags and had no clothes on their backs, cold forever
Man this is COOL. Keep up the good work.
Thanks 🙂⚰️ 🖖
ITS AMAZING THE PRIDE YOU TAKE IN YOUR JOB.I Used to be scared of the dead and dying bcoz I'm very ill but can rest assure my departure will be a good one
Man I am a First Time Viewer I Guess ever Mortician Does things Differently But u made it look so Easy Great Video.
Thanks for watching!
i want to do this kind of work in the future, you help me alot...
I hope that someone can watch this and dress a body without any major problems. Thanks for watching 🙂
Interesting. I was told the clothes have the backs slit to place on top of the body and tucked in. Your way, to me, is much better and allows a more finished and proper job.
Yeah I don't understand why some people cut them up for no reason. They probably don't know any better.
If the body is dressed after embalming the clothes absolutely have to be cut. Once embalmed it's not possible to lift the arms up. He has to be dressing bodies that are not embalmed.
@@nursetazzi that's not true either. As soon as a person dies rigidity sets in. You won't be able to move the limbs at all.
@Marsha Young You mean rigor mortis? That wears off after 24-36 hours and the limbs are flaccid again, easily moved. Embalming makes everything hard and stiff.
@@MartinsGraveyardin America it’s common practice it’s not about knowing better it’s about what’s easier the person is dead it’s not like it bothers them
In Nigeria, the clothes have zips at the back that detach so it is ready to slip on in front and zip up with ease. A job well done.
Very interesting! Thank you!
You show the utmost respect ... thankyou
Thankyou for your service.
Amazing . U are a professional ❤
Questions I previously had were answered on videos you have, which I viewed.
Thank you for your response and information you provide on CZcams videos.
I'm glad that you're satisfied. Thank you for watching.
This is the most difficult, emotional, job in the world, God Bless the ones who work in Funeral homes, this job isn't for the faint hearted, after all it's a job, and We are blessed to have some brave people on this Planet.. Hats off to all the people working in This Industry.. I was getting emotional when I was watching this video.. Thanks a Million for making This Video
I just want to start this job soonest my country Kenya no jobs only undertake job seems to have vacancies
Special person you are❤
Respect..ik volg je al wat maanden, je doet het geweldig mooi en liefdevol. Echt mooi en leuk. Veel Respect ! Groet uit Nederland
I understood a lot more than I expected, thanks! Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱
You are very neat and professional
Good video. Initially, I was confused due to the presence of what looked like a blood pressure monitor, as blood pressure control seems long overdue at this stage. But later I understood that it is a part attached to the dummy.😀
What about the open mouth ?
You are the best in the business Martin
I doubt it but I'm certainly trying my best. Thanks!
@@MartinsGraveyard I think you are the best 👌
I had to change a dead bodys clothes today! I work as a CNA in the nursing home and the process is exactly the same as this!!
My father in law was melting at his viewing, luckily I was only one to notice, let hubby know and he let funeral home know. Kudos to you for your videos,
My ex husband was a mortician. We met and married at 19 but divorced 5 yrs later. Working with him the , I could look at everything but now at 57, my stomach gets queasy looking at baby throw up! Great video!
Iv wonder four years how our loved ones have been delt with during these procedures watching this gives me sadness and Respect for those willing to do this for us all during our Pains of lose at those times , it's hard for us to imagine a love one in a holding area for days or weeks prior to burial just laying there alone or with others ,
It is as torture for us , we can only hope that a mortician will be just as professional and Caring with our love ones , thank you for giving us a little insight how you manage a deceased one 🙏🙏❤️ it is a Ministry ✝️
Interesting! Thank you for sharing this
My pleasure
Great video. I always thought that clothing was cut in the rear for easy dressing.
Interesting. I hope you make more of these. Thank you
Great job sir! 💯+💯 ferfect. From Sri Lanka.
Just came across your channel yesterday. Great videos and cool channel 😎👊 Greetings from 🏴
I’m from New York and I worked in a funeral home for a while and this was one of my favorite jobs yet saddest at some times . Thanks for sharing, great content and education.
😂
So you mean when people die it's your joy😮😮😏😏
@@dorcasonyango3957 so why do you twist words around, psychopath. Many funerals I attended as I worked were celebrations of life. So many people had a life time of greatness and achievement, the saddest ones that I attended as I worked and I mentioned it in my comment, were people who passed long before their time or children, children were the hardest to ever work during. But I can honestly say I enjoyed working in a funeral home with the families of the loved ones and the job I had. I lost my job when Covid hit.
Thanks for sharing 🙏
Over here in the US funeral directors cut the clothing up the back and drape it over the body and tuck it in..and always use plastic undergarments usually whole body plastic undergarments.
Yep that's what I do in Barbados too
Very good video sir. Can i ask you a question about some embalming.
Thanks. I don't know much about embalming but ask away.
Thank you soo much for sharing
Beautifully Done we will all go through this one day ..
Your so good so much care and respect even they are not alived anymore. You treat with dignity as when they are still living.
You are so brave big up your self
I'm not sure when the next time is I'll be dressing a dead person but it was very interesting. Lifting them out of the trunk is tough too.
Ha ha
Also wondering exactly how you place the body in the casket. I believe you use straps and a hoist?
How do you keep the eyes and mouth closed. This was good to know.ty
Good job!
Very good work
So...are you an embalmer/mortician? I just now stumbled across this channel and this is the 3rd long video I've watched and I'm fascinated. I love very macabre things, so this fits lol. But I see other videos about fixing washing machines and stuff, so I'm confused? Lol but I love it! What do you do? And where do you live? Love your videos so far! 🖤
I do a lot of stuff in general but I work with the dead for a living. Confusion is the right reaction, looking at my stuff. Thanks for watching 🙂
Respect to you my dear❤
The trick with the shirt & jacket is brilliant never seen that before. The plastic bag on the foot then roll the socks over it is also a good trick ~ I was shown it by a nurse when she was helping me get ready for my kidney transplant 👍
How is that new kidney working for you?
@@MartinsGraveyard I put up with 5yrs of dialysis before I eventually got my call for my transplant, that was in 2015. Apart from secondary issues and complications my kidney is working fine. Every day I think of my donor's family and give thanks for their daughter being on the donor list.
Thank you for asking 👍🙂
@@emmaholmes7945 That's great to hear. 5 years of dialysis sounds like a nightmare.
@@MartinsGraveyard the dialysis certainly a drag but I made some good friends & the staff were amazing. I did the last few years doing home dialysis on my own ~ a bit scary 😮
My mom did about 15yrs on dialysis 🤯 I couldn't do that
@@emmaholmes7945 Did you have polycystic kidney? I've seen one the size of the liver. I have it at work as a wet specimen.
You are really brave
Thank you for sharing I always wanted to know how they dressed my mother For My mother's Viewing.
Wow. Thank for sharing
I am just watching your video i pass by it when i first seem it because i lost my grandson in January so i could not watch this but where i live funeral homes request all clothing which include the under shirt for men for women include the bra and a full slip shoes if you want an open casket but thanks for showing how the body is dress always wonder how it was done
Shirt tutorial was new to me. I always thought the back of the shirts were cut, to make them easier to put on.
Nice work😃
Very challenging job
Thank you for showing how to dress a dead body. Really interesting. God bless you.
Very interesting video! 👌
Thanks!
How do you use the trocar for the abdominal cavity work? Too much is being left out.
Very nice!
Thanks for sharing
Well explained! Got a bit shocked with the part of the 'terrible wounds' & the clingfilm & what is shown.. Definitely not a job for everyone.. 😟
Thank you for sharing God bless you
He is actually dressing them. Most places cut the clothes up the back and stuffs them under the body. A lot of funeral homes sale half suits and half dresses meaning you only buy the front
Because it's not possible to dress an embalmed body this way.
Very good job
My husband passed 5 years ago from cancer .. I noticed there was was a large lump under his nose..can you tell me what that was caused from?
Thanks this guy is good and neat
Now I no how to shave correctly especially around the mouth.
Your amazing!!!!
I'll thought you cut the clothes up the back to dress easily, good job
Respect. It is my greatest wish doing this but...no possibilitys
Thank you for that
When I roll someone I pick them up by their leg and pull the leg towards me and they roll without straining yourself too much
What did u do with the nose and mouth after you removed the stuff