Jun 21, 2015
BE AN ANGEL,GIVE THE GIFT OF LIFE
My Angel’s Name isJon Taylor McCrary
April 5, 1989 – May 20, 2005Saved 4 Lives May 21, 2005
1 heart, 2 kidneys, Liver
WHO DETERMINES THE DONOR?THE DONOR MUST BE A VOLUNTEER!!!
BRAIN DEATH DONORS may only be determined by a neurosurgeon. (Two in the case
of a child)..
CARDIAC DEATH is determined by a medical doctor.
LIVING DONORS require extensive testing
UNDER NO CONDITION CAN THE DETERMINATION BE MADE BY AN EMT,
NURSE, OR ANY OTHER PERSON.
THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF DONORS:
BRAIN DEATH: ORGAN & TISSUES
CARDIAC DEATH: TISSUE LIVING DONORS:
Kidney, partial pancreas, liver, or lung, blood and bone marrow
FEDERAL LAW STATES THAT ONLY TRAINED COUNCELORS
OF THE AREA ORGAN PROCUREMENT AGENCY HAS THE AUTHORITY
TO SPEAK TO THE FAMILY OF A POTENTIAL DONOR
CONCERNING ORGAN DONATION !!!
FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES THAT 1. ORGANS CAN NEITHER BE
BOUGHT NOR SOLD. 2. THE DONOR MUST BE A
VOLUNTEER BY: INFORMING THE FAMILY,
SIGNING THE BACK OF THE DRIVERS LISCENSE,
DONOR CARD, OR LISTED ON THE STATE REGISTRY
HOW ARE RECEIPENTS CHOSEN?MEDICAL SCREENING
A committee of medical specialists makes the determination.
MEDICAL NECESSITY The person who needs it the most:For Kidney: time on dialysis:
In intensive care to maintain life: In the hospital to maintain life:
Able to care for self at home.BLOOD TYPEBODY TYPE
ORGANS THAT CAN BE TRANSPLANTED:
Kidneys, can be transplanted into
two people. In some states liver
and lung can also be transplanted to two people. They may also be given by living donors
ORGANS THAT CAN BE TRANSPLANTED:
TISSUES THAT CAN BE DONATED:
TISSUE DONORS can give the gift of sight, hearing, and save lives with blood and veins.
CORNEA: Distorted Vision, injuriesBONES: Crushing injuries, Bone Cancer,
Hearing loss.SKIN: Life threatening burns, bladder
reconstruction.VEINS: Heart condition repairing bypass.
TENDONS AND LIGAMENTS: Joint/tearing injuries, often sport related.
SOME SHOCKING NUMBERS
15,000 = Suitable donors who could have donated 8000 = Suitable donors who actually donated 28,000 = Lives saved by these donors.
7,000 = Suitable donors who did not donate.
6,441 = Lives were lost waiting for an organ
NATION WIDE 102,000 Are waiting for an organ
28,000 Received a transplant6,441 Died waiting for an organ
(That is 19 a day)
A NATIONAL TRAGEDY!!7,000 QUALIFIED DONORS DID NOT
DONATE.IF 2500 OF THEM HAD DONATED NO ONE WOULD HAVE DIED WAITING
FOR AN ORGANIF ALL HAD DONATED, THE
WATING LIST WOULD HAVE BEEN REDUCED BY AT LEAST 20,000.
ALL OF THESE DEATHS WERE PREVENTABLE
0 = number of
lives we will help save if we are not
donors
0 = number of lives lost if only 2,150
more had donated
19 = THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DIE EACH DAY WAITING FOR AN ORGAN!!!
4% = THE CHANCE THAT YOU WILL NEED A LIFE SAVING ORGAN TRANSPLANT
2% = THE PROBABILITY THAT YOU WILL EVER
BECOME AN ORGAN DONOR AND SAVE UP TO 8 LIVES.
WHAT CAN YOU DO?Inform your family of your decision to
give the gift of life.
Sign the back of your driver’s license with a sharpie pen.
Register online
Death due to failing organs is preventable. Together we erase this tragedy just as we have
erased other killing diseases.
TOGETHER WE CAN LOWERTHE NEEDLESS DEATH RATE FROM 6,441 TO
0(Death waiting for an organ can
be eliminated)
DEATH WHILE WAITING FOR AN ORGAN IS PREVENTABLE IF WE
WILL ALL DO OUR PART:1. BECOME AN ORGAN &
TISSUE DONOR2. ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO
THE SAME.LET’S PUT AN END TO PEOPLE
DIEING NEEDLESSLY!!!