Organ Donation

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Organ Donation

• Johnathan Predaina

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Gift of Life

• Heart/lung 4 to 6 hours
• Pancreas 12 to 24 hours
• Liver Up to 24 hours
• Kidneys 48 to 72 hours
• Corneas Within 5 to 7 days
• Heart valves, skin, bone, saphenous veins May be
  preserved from 3 to 10 years
• www.giftofhope.org

www.aimshospital.org
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Parents Grandparents
http//transplantliving.org/beforethetransplant/
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Myths

• Wealthy People get the organs www.unos.org
• People wake up from brain death
• Im too old sick/I have a diseased organ
• The doctors will try to save them and not me
• It will cost my family more money
• Open casket funeral
• Against my religion

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Donor Card
http//www.organdonor.gov/donor/index.htm
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Resources For you

• Illinois- https//www.ilsos.gov/organdonorregister
  /
• First person consent law, legally binding
• Iowa- http//www.iowadonorregistry.org/home.asp
• Minnesota- http//www.donatelifemn.org/
• Wisconsin- http//www.dot.wisconsin.gov/drivers/dr
  ivers/apply/donor.htm
• National- http//www.unos.org
• National- http//organdonor.gov

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Bibliography

• "Gift of Hope - Organ Tissue Donor Network."
  Gift of Hope - Organ Tissue Donor Network. 7
  Oct. 2008. 12 Dec. 2008 lthttp//www.giftofhope.org
  /about-donation/about-donation.htmgt.
• "How to Be an Organ Tissue Donor."
  OrganDonor.gov . 11 Dec. 2008. 12 Dec. 2008
  lthttp//organdonor.gov/donor/index.htmgt.
• "LifeGoesOn.com." LifeGoesOn.com. 21 Nov. 2008.
  12 Dec. 2008 lthttp//www.lifegoeson.com/gt.
• "Organ donation Don't let these 10 myths confuse
  you - MayoClinic.com." Mayo Clinic medical
  information and tools for healthy living -
  MayoClinic.com. 11 Dec. 2008. 12 Dec. 2008
  lthttp//www.mayoclinic.com/health/organ-donation/F
  L00077gt.
• "United Network for Organ Sharing Organ Donation
  and Transplantation." United Network for Organ
  Sharing Organ Donation and Transplantation. 12
  Dec. 2008. 12 Dec. 2008 lthttp//www.unos.org/HowYo
  uCanHelp/promoteOrganDonationgt.