Organ & Tissue Donation Awareness with Recent Advances
Organ Doning National
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2. BE AN ANGEL, GIVE THE GIFT OF LIFE My Angel’s Name is Jon Taylor McCrary April 5, 1989 – May 20, 2005 Saved 4 Lives May 21, 2005 1 heart, 2 kidneys, Liver
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5. 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 !!!
6. 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
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8. 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
12. NATION WIDE 102,000 Are waiting for an organ 28,000 Received a transplant 6,441 Died waiting for an organ (That is 19 a day)
13. A NATIONAL TRAGEDY!! 7,000 QUALIFIED DONORS DID NOT DONATE. IF 2500 OF THEM HAD DONATED NO ONE WOULD HAVE DIED WAITING FOR AN ORGAN IF ALL HAD DONATED, THE WATING LIST WOULD HAVE BEEN REDUCED BY AT LEAST 20,000.
15. 0 = number of lives we will help save if we are not donors
16. 0 = number of lives lost if only 2,150 more had donated
17. 19 = THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DIE EACH DAY WAITING FOR AN ORGAN!!!
18. 4% = THE CHANCE THAT YOU WILL NEED A LIFE SAVING ORGAN TRANSPLANT
19. 2% = THE PROBABILITY THAT YOU WILL EVER BECOME AN ORGAN DONOR AND SAVE UP TO 8 LIVES.
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21. TOGETHER WE CAN LOWER THE NEEDLESS DEATH RATE FROM 6,441 TO 0 (Death waiting for an organ can be eliminated)
22. DEATH WHILE WAITING FOR AN ORGAN IS PREVENTABLE IF WE WILL ALL DO OUR PART: 1. BECOME AN ORGAN & TISSUE DONOR 2. ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. LET’S PUT AN END TO PEOPLE DIEING NEEDLESSLY!!!
