Labs with Human Cadavers

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Does anyone know of a school in Georgia that has A&P Labs with human cadavers? Although I'm done with my A&P classes, I would be interested in visiting one.

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Specializes in Neuro, Telemetry.

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.

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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.

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My school does, but no visitors are allowed.

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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.

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

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

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

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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.

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.
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!

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