Pathologist's Assistant - It's just a job
19-March-2010
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I must admit my job wouldn't suit everyone as I'm employed as a Pathologist's assistant and also work in the mortuary of a local hospital.  The thing that really gets to me is the fact that people think I must be odd to do such a job.  A pathologist's assistant is a job like any other, you go to work, do what is required and then come home.

I suppose its only human curiosity really...

I try to explain that someone has to do it, and since I have now as I've done it for years it doesn't bother me in the least.  The job itself is clinically done and there's nothing ghoulish about it in any way whatsoever.  If for instance I'm in a company and my job comes under discussion, there's always the same old questions, for example "What happens to any artificial hip joints or pace makers, are they removed and used again?"  I suppose its only human curiosity really.

Working as a Pathologist's Assistant

I suppose any of the emergency services i.e. Fire, Police or Ambulance etc. have all at sometime or other experienced this.  It would appear that someones misfortune is someone else's interest, for example: why do drivers slow down to look at an RTA on the opposite carriageway, or why do they watch a building burn when they know there's someone inside?  It can only be described as a natural inborn inquisitiveness. In cases like this the emergency services are always at the sharp end and meet these tragic events head on.

These people can only be admired as they don't know what gruesome site is waiting to greet them whereas in my job as a Pathologist's Assistant, I know exactly whats waiting for me.  I more or less put things back together again and make things look more presentable.  I have often thought that if people could see the results of a fatal road traffic accident caused by their stupidity, would it make an ounce of difference - I fear not though...

It would be interesting to know if anyone else has experienced this kind of thing due to the nature of their job or their profession.

By: Aldo


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It would appear I am like everyone else - the same information for becoming a mortuary assistant is on the internet BUT not on how to actually get close to the job to begin with. You can get all the different training courses and experience from working in a morgue but hey...how do I get to do that? you can't have one without the other. So please any information would be good because i'm getting annoyed of going been the NHS and AAPT and just seeing the same pages. thank you
*Exiled  11-Mar-2010 13:22

 
I've been looking all over the internet for information on becoming a mortuary assistant, I can't find a single thing thats simple to follow. I've been interested in this profession for years now and I have nvq level 2 and 3 in Social care. Please help me, I live in the Nottingham area and if u can e-mail me i'd be very grateful. Kate x
k.toon@gmx.com
*kate  01-Mar-2010 10:52

 
could some one please email me information as th where I casn get training for this kind of work as this is something I want to do, lush_lish08@hotmail.com. THanx
*lisa  28-Feb-2010 20:29

 
Hi please could someone send me any details on how to get training / work in a mortuary im 26 years old and for as long as I can remember its always been what I wanted to do with my life, in high school at the age of 13 I asked could I do my work experience in one? the short answer was NO I have looked all over the web and cannot seem to find what training? courses? to do ..
please help!
samantha E.mail barry.hanks@talktalk.net
*sammie1983  06-Feb-2010 15:32

 
Please can someone help me get some Mortuary work anywhere in Central Scotland? I've been trying to get into training as an APT for most of my adult life. Having been told when l left school in the 80's that "girls just didn't do that kind of work" l settled for the banking office job. Now at the age of 37 l'm returning to education after the summer to do an access to uni course in anatomy and l'm looking for some part time work in a mortuary even voluntary l don't care l just need some help?

My email address is karenscott_ks@hotmail.com l'd love to hear from anyone who can help or point me in the right direction.

Thanks in advance
*karen  10-Jan-2010 11:52

 
I have been trying to find information to working in a mortuary, it has been hard , do I need any qualifications, I currently work in cssd . I have also worked in nursing homes and have experienced death, also with relatives.i feel that it is a curios but also a final journey that we all have to go on many thanks diane xx
*diane lee  09-Nov-2009 19:05

 
Definitely. Plus, when dealing with death, it's such a weird thing for those of us living that of course we're curious.

Just wondering, how does one get involved in this career? I'd love to try it out but don't know how or where to start.
*Avonlea  21-Sep-2009 02:53

 
People are interested because they think it's all like CSI or 'Silent Witness', which I suspect it's not.
*Timelord  05-Sep-2009 09:58

 
I walk the land like Kane from Kung Foo. I study the art of fighting without fighting.

I once met a Pathologist, on his third cup of coffee in Burger King. He informed me that he needed to find a real job, a job that he actually felt he'd be contributing to society as opposed to taking money for nothing. Eight hours a day in Burger King becomes mundane after five years.
*Moler T  18-Jun-2009 23:20

 
I'm a mortician. I get a lot of weird looks from friends, especially when they ask what I did today, and I say I filled in a head hole for an open casket funeral.
*Josie  18-Jun-2009 05:48

 
", removed a young girl binge-drinker's livers etc.
A Hilter 13-Dec-2008 10:12 "

Funny, in my experience most people only have one liver. Shows what sort of a pathologist you must be! Tosser
*MikeP  13-Dec-2008 10:41

 
I'm a pathologist and I love it. I enjoy asking my friends "what did you do at work today?" and they'll say "not much, a bit of photocopying, sent an e-mail and tried to flirt with the new office boy..." and they'll ask me what I did and I'll say "removed nipple piercings from a dead teenage car crash victim with pliers, sewed a man back together who had been pulled out of a potato grader in pieces, removed a young girl binge-drinker's livers etc. I get a real kick out of cutting up dead people!
*A Hilter  13-Dec-2008 10:12


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