Lara-Rose Iredale - Anatomical Pathology Technologist

Dec 23, 2020

TRIGGER WARNING - THIS EPISODE DISCUSSES DEATH, HUMAN REMAINS, SUICIDE, MISCARIRAGE, STILLBIRTH AND SELF-HARM.

Love science and conservation? Want to discover new ways to protect our species? Elle Kaye chats with guests who work within the science genre, but whose job titles may need a little unpacking. Strap in for entomology, taxidermy, diaphonization, pet remains, human pathology and all those that work with specimens.

In episode 006, Elle chats with Lara-Rose about becoming an APT, working for an NHS mortuary, her experience during the Covid-19 pandemic and her passion around the subject of maternal death.

Show Notes, IG Links and Further Reading

Lara's Instagram

www.instagram.com/deathbeforeduckface

Lara's Twitter

https://twitter.com/OnTheArrow

Alder Hay Scandal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alder_Hey_organs_scandal

AAPT Website

https://www.aaptuk.org/ 

Human Tissue Act

https://www.hta.gov.uk/policies/human-tissue-act-2004

'Stiff' - Mary Roach

https://www.waterstones.com/book/stiff/mary-roach/9780141007458

Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the UK

https://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/mbrrace-uk

https://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/downloads/files/mbrrace-uk/reports/MBRRACE-UK%20Maternal%20Report%202018%20-%20Web%20Version.pdf

Further Reading

https://www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-centre/deeply-worrying-ons-data-highlights-need-to-protect-bame-communities-from-covid-19-warns-bma

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidential_Enquiry_into_Maternal_Deaths_in_the_UK

Five X More

https://www.fivexmore.com/

MBRRACE and the disproportionate number of BAME (Black and Minority Ethnic) deaths - AIMS Scientific Journal

https://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/mbrrace-bame

Racial Bias in Pain Assessment - PNAS Scientific Journal 

https://www.pnas.org/content/113/16/4296

Post-Mortem Cancer Study 

https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-us/cancer-news/press-release/2016-05-13-post-mortem-cancer-study-goes-national 

Cancer Research PEACE Study

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/cancer-research-peace-study

Lara/APT Job Profiles

https://www.prospects.ac.uk/case-studies/senior-anatomical-pathology-technologist-lara-rose-iredale  

https://sciencecouncil.org/showcasing-science-life-of-an-apt/

Louis Theroux - 'Mothers on the Edge' Documentary

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00052dk 

Elle Kaye IG

www.instagram.com/ellekayetaxidermy

Artwork © 2020 Madison Erin Mayfield

http://madisonerinmayfield.com/

www.instagram.com/madisonerinmayfield

Specimens Podcast 

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www.twitter.com/specimenspod

Music 

Harrison Amer - Giraffes via Premium Beat

Edited and Produced by Elle Kaye

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