Labs with Human Cadavers

mrsboots87 · Nov 2, 2013

Human cadavers are not cheap to get, and are generally reserved for advanced medical courses (doctors and such). Even if there was an A&P with cadavers lab available, it is unlikely you would be permitted to enroll in it. I of course could be wrong as I don't know all the courses everywhere, but it just seems unlikely you will find something. A nursing pre req, or even a nursing course doesn't need a cadaver seeing as we practice keeping people alive in most fields. If there is something you find, good luck in the course and I hope its everything you want it to be.

schnookimz · Nov 2, 2013

I don't think you should have any trouble finding one. Every nursing school in my area uses human cadavers. I'm actually surprised to hear that some don't.

__patiently_waiting · Nov 2, 2013

My school does, but no visitors are allowed.

emde · Nov 2, 2013

That sucks. I really enjoyed my A&P classes (got As on both), and I really wanted to visit a lab with human cadavers. It is true that nurses' job is to keep patients alive, but it is not the same to see drawings of organs in a book, or in a pig.

emde · Nov 2, 2013

Which school did you go for A&P? @schnookimz, @patiently_waiting? I would like to call them and negotiate a visit lol

Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN · Nov 2, 2013

Call the local coroner and see if they will let you observe

__patiently_waiting · Nov 2, 2013

Which school did you go for A&P? @schnookimz, @patiently_waiting? I would like to call them and negotiate a visit lol

Georgia Southern Univ.

Editorial Team / Moderator · Nov 4, 2013

Human cadavers are not cheap to get and are generally reserved for advanced medical courses (doctors and such). Even if there was an A&P with cadavers lab available, it is unlikely you would be permitted to enroll in it. I of course could be wrong as I don't know all the courses everywhere, but it just seems unlikely you will find something. A nursing pre req, or even a nursing course doesn't need a cadaver seeing as we practice keeping people alive in most fields. If there is something you find, good luck in the course and I hope its everything you want it to be.[/quote']
What better way to understand the human body than to see the inside of it up close? It has nothing to do with live patients vs. dead ones.
Ironically, when a community college I attended for paramedic set up its cadaver lab (yep we had a cadaver lab), the cadaver itself was one of the least expensive items, according to the Dean of my program when she set it up. I thought that was funny!