Transcript
Page 1: Organ Donation Information

Information provided by Donate Life America

Organ Donation Information

Presentation by Gail Lehman

Page 2: Organ Donation Information

Source: http://donatelife.net/organ-donation/

Organ DonationOrgan donation is the process of giving an organ or a part of an organ for the purpose of transplantation into another person.

Page 3: Organ Donation Information

Source: http://donatelife.net/organ-donation/

How to become an organ donorIn order for a person to become an organ donor, blood and oxygen must flow through the organs until the time of recovery to ensure viability.

Page 4: Organ Donation Information

Source: http://donatelife.net/organ-donation/

Donor requirements

This requires that a person die under circumstances that have resulted in an irreparable neurological injury, usually from massive trauma to the brain such as aneurysm, stroke or automobile accident.

Page 5: Organ Donation Information

Source: http://donatelife.net/organ-donation/

Doctors’ donor responsibilityOnly after all efforts to save the patient’s life have been exhausted, tests are performed to confirm the absence of brain or brain stem activity, and brain death has been declared, is donation a possibility.

Page 6: Organ Donation Information

Source: http://donatelife.net/organ-donation/

Donor registry

The state donor registry is searched to determine if the patient has personally consented to donation.

Page 7: Organ Donation Information

❖ If the potential donor is not found on the registry, his or her legally authorized representative (usually a spouse, relative or close friend) is offered the opportunity to authorize the donation.

❖ Once the donation decision is established, the family is asked to provide a medical and social history

Source: http://donatelife.net/organ-donation/

Page 8: Organ Donation Information

Source: http://donatelife.net/organ-donation/

Organ transplantation to patientDonation professionals determine which organs can be transplanted and to which patients on the national transplant waiting list the organs are to be allocated.

Page 9: Organ Donation Information

Organ donation can occur with

❖ a deceased donor, who can give kidneys, pancreas, liver, lungs, heart, intestinal organs.

&❖ a living donor, who can give a

kidney, or a portion of the liver, lung, intestine, or pancreas.

Source: http://donatelife.net/organ-donation/

Page 10: Organ Donation Information

Source: http://donatelife.net/organ-donation/

Why donating organs is importantAlthough there have been advances in medical technology and donation, the demand for organ, eye and tissue donation still vastly exceeds the number of donors.

Page 11: Organ Donation Information

Patients awaiting organ transplants today

❖ The website for Donate Life America provides these key stats (as of May 2015) to illustrate the approx. number of patients awaiting organ transplants today.

Page 12: Organ Donation Information

StatisticsSource: http://donatelife.net/statistics/

Page 13: Organ Donation Information

Source: http://donatelife.net/statistics/

Currently, nearly 124,000 men, women and children are

awaiting organ transplants in the United States.

Page 14: Organ Donation Information

Source: http://donatelife.net/statistics/

Every 10 minutes another name is added to the national organ

transplant waiting list.

Page 15: Organ Donation Information

Source: http://donatelife.net/statistics/

Sadly, an average of 21 people die each day because the organs they need are not

donated in time.

Page 16: Organ Donation Information

Source: http://donatelife.net/statistics/

In 2014, more than 8,500 deceased donors made possible

approximately 24,000 organ transplants. In addition, there were nearly 6,000 transplants

from living donors.

Page 17: Organ Donation Information

Source: http://donatelife.net/statistics/

Nearly 48,000 sight-restoring corneal transplants were

performed in the U.S. in 2014.

Page 18: Organ Donation Information

Source: http://donatelife.net/statistics/

Each year, approximately 30,000 tissue donors save and heal

lives.

Page 19: Organ Donation Information

Source: http://donatelife.net/statistics/

More than 1 million tissue transplants are done each year

and the surgical need for tissue has been steadily rising.

Page 20: Organ Donation Information

Source: http://donatelife.net/statistics/

According to research, 98% of all adults have heard about organ

donation and 86% have heard of tissue donation.

Page 21: Organ Donation Information

Source: http://donatelife.net/statistics/

90% of Americans say they support donation, but only 30% know the essential steps to take

to be a donor.

Page 22: Organ Donation Information

This information was provided by:

Donate Life America

Donate Life America is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit alliance of national organizations and state teams across the United States committed to increasing organ, eye, and tissue donation.

Page 23: Organ Donation Information

If you liked this, please visit:

GailLehmanBrentwood.org

In the summer of 2010, Gail Lehman’s son was diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease. Years later, he received an organ donation that saved his life. Gail’s story highlights the importance of people donating their organs. She says, some children wait for years on a donor list and the truth is, there are just simply not enough donated organs to provide a life-giving chance for everyone. Today, she urges people to consider becoming life-saving, organ donors.