2024-2025 Academic Catalog

HLS 2107 Autopsy Procedures

This course introduces students to the knowledge, skills, terminology, and techniques needed to assist in routine and special postmortem examinations. The student learns the safety precautions, use of specialized equipment, specimen recovery techniques, and toxicology specimen protocols necessary to perform routine and special autopsies. Students learn to identify the different types of special autopsies, the functions, and support role with the pathologist or medical examiner.

Credits

1