Thesis: Becoming an organ donor after death is not only an important decision for yourself, but it is also an important decision for the life that you may have the power to save. I. Introduction…
It can help someone else because there are certain organs that you cannot live without, but of course it’s after the donor has passed away and is in good condition…
The ability to keep someone alive by replacing one of their major organs is an amazing achievement of this century of medicine. Unfortunately, the current supply of transplant organs is much lower than that need or demand for them, which means that many people in the United States die every year for lack of a replacement organ. When a person gets sick because one of his or her organs is failing, an organ is damaged because of a disease or its treatment, or lastly because the organ has been damaged in an accident a doctor needs to assess whether the person is medically eligible for a transplant or not. If the person is eligible the doctor refers the patient in need of an organ to a local transplant center. If the patient turns out to be a transplant candidate a donor organ then must be found. There are two sources of donor organs. The first source is to remove the organs from a recently deceased person, which are called cadaveric organs (Potzgar, 2007). A person becomes a cadaveric organ donor by indicating that they would like to be an organ donor when they die. This decision can be expressed either on a driver’s license or in a health care directive, which in some states are legally binding contracts. The second source is from a living…
If you decide to become an organ donor you consent to have your organs and tissues made available for transplantation upon death.…
According to the National Health Service, there are two types of organ donations, living and deceased. Nobody realizes what the numbers are and how many there are suffering. “Currently, nearly 124,000 men, women and children are awaiting organ transplants in the United States.” (Organ 1) According to The U.S Department of Health and Human Services, a person is added to the list every ten minutes. 79 people every day are saved by organ donation. (Need1) However, 22 people die waiting for a transplant because of a shortage of organs. (Need 1) Everyone will die one of two ways, either their heart will fail, or they will go brain dead. Many lives could be saved if people would step up and help. One 13-year-old girl helped saved 8 lives after passing from a brain hemorrhage. Jemima Layzell told her parents she wanted her body to help save others in the event of her death. “Her heart has gone to a five–year–old boy, a 14–year–old was given her lungs and her liver helped two boys, aged 10 months and five. Two people received her kidneys, a man was given her pancreas and her small bowel went to a boy, three.”(Teenage1) People who are willing to donate have a huge heart.…
Many individuals need a suitable organ donation as they have suffered from and organ failure disease, Australia currently has an opt-in organ donation system. At any one time, there are 1,700 people waiting for a suitable organ. These individuals wait, on average for four years for a suitable organ to be donated. 90% of Australians support organ donation, yet only 56% are registered organ donors. To allow an individual to die of a natural death and allow additional individuals to die, who could potentially…
Organ donation is such a simple and selfless action one takes to save the lives of others. The pros of declaring oneself as a donor far outweigh the cons, for nearly 90% of Americans claim to support donation. Only 30%, however, know how to or actually become donors, according to Donate Life America; so, what steers people away? Many avoid declaring themselves as organ donors because there are many misconceptions to the process of organ donation. Some believe that a hospital staff will avoid focusing on saving a person’s life if he or she has agreed to become an organ donor, including the possibility that doctors may sign the death certificate before an organ donor is truly dead. Others fear that organ or tissue donors lose the option of having open-casket funerals. Many claim that the decision cannot be made until they are at least eighteen years old, or that organ recipients wouldn’t want organs from elderly or those with health conditions. Others believe that wealth or fame allow some people to receive organs before others who have been on the transplant waiting list longer (“Busting”). Although these situations are far from the truth, they prevent a large portion of people from declaring themselves as organ donors. As a result, there is an average of eighteen people dying every day while waiting for transplants that cannot take place due to organ donation shortage (“Understanding donation”). Understanding and educating oneself and others about organ donation is the first step in saving the lives of thousands.…
Imagine that one of your loved ones are in the hospital… they’re very sick and you don’t know what is wrong. The doctor comes in and tells you that your loved one is having kidney failure and they will die unless they can get a transplant. There are over 101,000 other people on a waiting list for an organ and over 55,000 on the list for a kidney. Wouldn’t you give them a kidney if you could? How would you feel knowing that if they couldn’t get that kidney they would die? It hurts losing somebody you care about, and if it hasn’t happened to you yet, then you are one of the more lucky people in the world. If you become an organ donor you can help out these struggling people and their families. You don’t need any of your organs once you die, so why not give away what you can to help? Wouldn’t you want to be helped? By donating your organs, you are losing nothing. However you will die knowing that you saved somebody else’s life, which is one of the most heroic things you could possibly do.…
UNOS emphasizes, “people of all ages and medical histories should consider themselves potential donors. Your medical condition at the time of death will determine what organs and tissue can be donated” (Facts About Organ Donation N. pag.). Some people are quick to believe their current condition prevents them from registering as a living organ donor. Considering all organs, one human can donate 50 organs all together if they all are in the right condition. Knowing the basic information about organ donation will help people decide to make the smart decision to become an organ…
Life consists of a series of choices that one must decide to make. A choice several people make is to help those in need. One can volunteer, purchase necessities, or simply give a friendly smile. There are some who decide to help others by donating their organs after passing, and I am one of those. One of the reasons I choose to be an organ donor is because a family friend lives today due to a heart transplant. Without that transplant, a great man who loves sports, his family, and the Kansas City Chiefs would not be here today. Several people in this world are faced with terminally ill conditions because their organs are beginning to fail. Many life-threatening diseases still have unanswered questions that can be furthered studied by the donations of organs.…
I am here today to discuss why you should be organ/tissue donor. Being an organ donor saves lives, stops the shortage of organs needed, and there is no cost at all. Approximately 1,800 children are waiting for organ transplants. A transplant for someone in need could mean second chance at life.…
On April 16, 1996, my grandfather passed away of cancer. He had been ill since November of 1995, and he needed a kidney transplant. Unfortunately, he never received one, resulting in the cause of his death. Each day about 70 people receive an organ transplant. However, 16 people die each day waiting for transplants that cannot take place because of the shortage of donated organs, according to organdonor.gov.…
When a loved one has passed away, there is an opportunity regarded by the health of the individual, determined by a physician if the individual is able to donate the eight major organs, along with hands, corneas, and tissues from your bones. For an individual to be able to donate they have to sign up at their local department of motor vehicles when getting licensed, or you can register at the organ donor websites online. Only you can make this decision to give your organs away. Whenever you sign up to be an organ donor you are signing up to give someone else life. Deciding whether to be one or not only affects you but other individuals. Therefore, it should not be a healthy individuals choice when they die whether their organs are used, it should…
According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, for every one organ or tissue donor, over 50 lives can be saved or improved. Not only does organ donation affect the lives of the recipient, but also that of the donor and his family. Preserving another’s life can be extremely fulfilling emotionally and may help with individual coping.…
In some cases, people have shied away from the route of organ donation because they believe that when the time comes, they can no longer have an open-casket funeral, however this argument is not fully accurate, nor does it mean one should not be an organ donor. Assured that donation will alter their appearance, those who are still on edge about donation begin to lean towards the decision not to. Surprisingly to some, at an open-casket funeral there is no visual evidence of donation, let alone any altercation at all. It is important that when considering organ donation the patient is knowledgeable of its intent and is fully aware of common misconceptions that exist. By knowing this information, not only will they find…