Post Mortem Care

• POSTMORTEM CARE


  physical care provided to a patient immediately after death
• CLINICAL


  Appearance of death signs on PE before technical pronouncement of death
• BIOLOGICAL


  Cessation of bodily process
• Rigor Mortis


  stiffening of the body occurs about 2 to 4 hours after death
• Algor Mortis


  Post Mortem Cooling. gradual decrease of the body’s

  temperature
• Livor Mortis 


  skin discoloration that occurs after the circulation stops