ORGAN DONATION

Warm-Up # 1.What do you already know about organ donation? 2.Why do you think someone would say “no” to organ donation? 3.Over the past two decades, the gap between the number of patients waiting for a transplant and the number receiving a transplant has continued to widen. What may be some reasons for this trend? What could the medical community and we, as a society, do to lessen the gap?

THE FACTS: DID YOU KNOW? More than ______ people in the US are currently on the waiting list for a lifesaving organ transplant. Another name is added to the national transplant waiting list every ____ minutes On average, ____ people die every day from the lack of available organs for transplant ___% of people on the waiting list die fore they are able to receive a transplant One deceased donor can save up to ___ lives through organ donation One deceased donor can save and enhance more than ____ lives through tissue donation

THE FACTS: DID YOU KNOW? More than 119,000 people in the US are currently on the waiting list for a lifesaving organ transplant. Another name is added to the national transplant waiting list every ____ minutes On average, ____ people die every day from the lack of available organs for transplant ___% of people on the waiting list die fore they are able to receive a transplant One deceased donor can save up to ___ lives through organ donation One deceased donor can save and enhance more than ____ lives through tissue donation

THE FACTS: DID YOU KNOW? More than 119,000 people in the US are currently on the waiting list for a lifesaving organ transplant. Another name is added to the national transplant waiting list every 12 minutes On average, ____ people die every day from the lack of available organs for transplant ___% of people on the waiting list die fore they are able to receive a transplant One deceased donor can save up to ___ lives through organ donation One deceased donor can save and enhance more than ____ lives through tissue donation

THE FACTS: DID YOU KNOW? More than 119,000 people in the US are currently on the waiting list for a lifesaving organ transplant. Another name is added to the national transplant waiting list every 12 minutes On average, 18 people die every day from the lack of available organs for transplant ___% of people on the waiting list die fore they are able to receive a transplant One deceased donor can save up to ___ lives through organ donation One deceased donor can save and enhance more than ____ lives through tissue donation

THE FACTS: DID YOU KNOW? More than 119,000 people in the US are currently on the waiting list for a lifesaving organ transplant. Another name is added to the national transplant waiting list every 12 minutes On average, 18 people die every day from the lack of available organs for transplant 7 % of people on the waiting list die fore they are able to receive a transplant One deceased donor can save up to ___ lives through organ donation One deceased donor can save and enhance more than ____ lives through tissue donation

THE FACTS: DID YOU KNOW? More than 119,000 people in the US are currently on the waiting list for a lifesaving organ transplant. Another name is added to the national transplant waiting list every 12 minutes On average, 18 people die every day from the lack of available organs for transplant 7 % of people on the waiting list die fore they are able to receive a transplant One deceased donor can save up to 8 lives through organ donation One deceased donor can save and enhance more than ____ lives through tissue donation

THE FACTS: DID YOU KNOW? More than 119,000 people in the US are currently on the waiting list for a lifesaving organ transplant. Another name is added to the national transplant waiting list every 12 minutes On average, 18 people die every day from the lack of available organs for transplant 7 % of people on the waiting list die fore they are able to receive a transplant One deceased donor can save up to 8 lives through organ donation One deceased donor can save and enhance more than 100 lives through tissue donation

WHO CAN BE A DONOR? ANYONE can be a donor! All ages and all levels of health—newborns to elderly People who have tested positive for HIV cannot be donors Minorities needed

WHAT CAN BE DONATED? ORGANS Heart Liver Kidneys Lungs Pancreas Small intestine TISSUES Corneas Skin Veins Heart valves Tendons Ligaments Bones

LIVING DONOR More than 6,000 living donations occur each year Kidney Parts of the: Liver Lung Intestine Blood Bone marrow

GIVING BLOOD Must be healthy Must be 17 years of age Males Height: 5’1” Weight: 130 lbs Females Height: 5’5” Weight: 110 lbs Drink plenty of water so you are well-hydrated before donating Must have ID Have healthy meal before donating Wear clothing with sleeves that can be raised above elbow Bring list of medications embedded&v=SKvcwYpLesI

Donation & Transplantation: How does it work? Answer the questions provided as you watch the following video.

THE DONATION PROCESS 1.Pronounced dead

THE DONATION PROCESS 1.Pronounced dead 2.Continues to stay connected to machines which will keep healthy organs alive

THE DONATION PROCESS 1.Pronounced dead 2.Continues to stay connected to machines which will keep healthy organs alive 3.Hospital and organ donation agency will offer the option of organ donation; additional consent is needed by a family member

THE DONATION PROCESS 1.Pronounced dead 2.Continues to stay connected to machines which will keep healthy organs alive 3.Hospital and organ donation agency will offer the option of organ donation; additional consent is needed by a family member 4.Tests are completed to assess what organs and tissues are healthy for transplant

PROCESS THE DONATION PROCESS 5.Surgical teams from the transplant centers receiving the organs arrive for organ recovery surgery.

PROCESS THE DONATION PROCESS 5.Surgical teams from the transplant centers receiving the organs arrive for organ recovery surgery. 6.Patient is taken to the operating room where organs and tissues are removed, cooled, and preserved with a special solution

PROCESS THE DONATION PROCESS 5.Surgical teams from the transplant centers receiving the organs arrive for organ recovery surgery. 6.Patient is taken to the operating room where organs and tissues are removed, cooled, and preserved with a special solution 7.Transplant teams immediately return to their hospital to perform the transplant surgeries on the recipients

PROCESS THE DONATION PROCESS 5.Surgical teams from the transplant centers receiving the organs arrive for organ recovery surgery. 6.Patient is taken to the operating room where organs and tissues are removed, cooled, and preserved with a special solution 7.Transplant teams immediately return to their hospital to perform the transplant surgeries on the recipients 8.Body is sent to funeral home

PROCESS THE DONATION PROCESS 5.Surgical teams from the transplant centers receiving the organs arrive for organ recovery surgery. 6.Patient is taken to the operating room where organs and tissues are removed, cooled, and preserved with a special solution 7.Transplant teams immediately return to their hospital to perform the transplant surgeries on the recipients 8.Body is sent to funeral home 9.Family will receive general information about the recipients of organs and tissues, excluding name

LOCAL & STATE RESOURCES  Organ Procurement Organization (OPO)  Local organization contacted by the hospital to organized the organ donation process  United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)  Maintains the national transplant waiting list  Receives information on organs & tissues healthy for transplant and matches potential recipients

BENEFIT OF ORGAN DONATION 1.One donor can save up to _____ recipients and enhance the lives of 50 others Saves lives Allows someone to have a better quality of life 2.Helps further medical research which indirectly saves and improves lives This allows scientists and doctors to understand certain diseases and their effect on the human body 3.Helps grieving families

ESPN: RAY OF HOPE Answer the questions provided as you watch the following video.

HOW TO BECOME AN Register as a donor on the Donate Life NC Online Registry If you are between 13 and 17 years old, you can join the online registry, but your parents will make the final decision about organ, eyes and/or tissue donation at the appropriate time. Sign up to be a donor at the DMV (heart on your driver’s license)

EXIT TICKET 1.How many lives can one donor save? 2.After today’s lesson, have your views organ donation changed? If so, how? 3.Are you currently an organ donor? If not, are you going to become an organ donor? 4.After today’s lesson, why do you think people would still say no to organ donation?

ORGAN DONATION organ-transplant-unit-living Answer the questions provided as you watch the following video.

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