ORGAN DONINGShane Pennington

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“Organ and tissue transplants offer patients a new chance at healthy, productive, normal

lives and return them to their families, friends and communities. You have the power to

change someone's world by being a donor. It's about living. It's about Life.”

Understanding Donation•More than 100,000 men, women and children currently need life-saving organ transplants.

•Every 11 minutes another name is added to the national organ transplant waiting list.

•An average of 18 people die each day from the lack of available organs for transplant.

•In 2008, there were 7,984 deceased organ donors and 6,218 living organ donors resulting in 27,961 organ transplants.

Types of Donation

•Living

•Deceased

What Can Be Donated?•Organs•Tissues•Stem Cells•Blood and Platelets

Who Can Be An Organ Donor?

Most people can be organ donors!•Exclusions•Age•Medical Conditions

Where do my organs go?•Transplant patients highest on list

•Can be stored

How Do I Become An Organ Donor?•Register with your state donor registryhttp://www.organdonor.gov/donor/registry.shtm

•Indicate your intention on your drivers license

Myths about organ doning•Myth No. 1. If I agree to donate my organs, my doctor or the emergency room staff won't work as hard to save my life. They'll remove my organs as soon as possible to save

somebody else.

•Myth No. 2. Maybe I won't really be dead when they sign my death certificate. It'll be too late for me if they've taken my organs for transplantation. I might have otherwise recovered.

•Myth No. 3. Organ donation is against my religion.

•Myth No. 4. I want my loved one to have an open-casket funeral. That can't happen if his or her organs or tissues have been donated.

•Myth No. 5. My family will be charged if I donate my organs.

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Works Cited•"How to Become an Organ Donor -." Associated Content - Associatedcontent.com. Web. 16 Mar. 2010. <http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2221114/how_to_become_an_organ_donor.html?cat=5>.

• "Organ Donation: Don't Let These 10 Myths Confuse You - MayoClinic.com." Mayo Clinic Medical Information and Tools for Healthy Living - MayoClinic.com. Web. 16 Mar. 2010. <http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/organ-donation/FL00077>.

•OrganDonor.gov. Web. 17 Mar. 2010. <http://organdonor.gov/>.