Facts about organ, eye and tissue donation

1. Facts about organ, eye and tissue donation Oregon: Your Decision to DonateWashington: It’s Your Choice

2. Donors save lives Melanie Evan

3. A growing health crisis… Nationally, 80% of everyone on the waiting list needs a kidney.

4. Communities of Color are at a higher risk for needing an organ transplant 1/3 of African Americans suffer from high blood pressure. Hispanic Americans are 3x more likely to suffer from Type II Diabetes Native Americans are 4x more likely to suffer from Type II Diabetes. Asian Americans suffer significantly from liver disease.

5. Waiting today in Oregon As of January 30, 2014 Visit www.unos.org for today’s numbers.

6. In the United States… On average, 18people die every day waiting for an organ transplant. Another name is added to the wait list every 10minutes.

7. Two kinds of donors

8. Living donation • Blood • Bone marrow • Partial liver • Partial lung • One kidney

9. Donating a kidney: the challenge In the majority of cases, living donors are incompatible with their intended recipients – even if they are blood relatives. Potential donors must undergo many tests to ensure that the recipient’s body will not reject their donation. If a donor and recipient do not match, a donor can still choose to donate to someone else in need — even a stranger.

10. Recycle Yourself: Facts about deceased donation

11. Organs Which Can Be Donated After Death

12. One Organ Donor Can Save Up to Eight Lives

13. Commonly Donated Tissue

14. Cornea donation each year over 46,000 people have their sight restored with a cornea transplant chemical burn Keratoconus • hereditary conditions • Injury • disease / infection John’s Story

15. Tissue donation Tissue donation dramatically improves the quality of life for recipients, and even saves lives. Tyler’s Story Bone Helps people whose bones have degenerated from cancer

16. Heart Valves Replaces damaged heart tissue for babies born with birth defects Large Veins Restores circulation in heart bypass surgeries Helps people lead more active lives – for example, athletes with torn ACL’s Skin grafts Save the lives of burn victims

17. One Tissue Donor Can Enhance Up to Fifty Lives

18. Local heroes Donors in Oregon and SW Washington, 2013 • 2.1 million+ Oregonians are registereddonors ≈ 32,000 Oregonians died in 2013 • 675 cornea donors = 1,298 cornea transplants • 568 tissue donors = 41,814 tissue transplants • 75 organ donors = 242 organ transplants

19. OrganDonor.gov

20. #1 lifesaving efforts in the ER The patient is admitted to hospital, and ALL possible lifesaving attempts are made to save the patient’s life by hospital staff. Most potential organ donors are victims of a severe head trauma, a brain aneurysm or stroke. Tragically, sometimes nothing can be done. The patient is clinically, and legally, dead.

21. Why is organ donation so rare? Three circumstances must come together in order for someone to be considered a potential organ donor: Donor passes away in a hospital Donor was placed on mechanical ventilator prior to death; blood and oxygen continue to flow through the vital organs Irreparable neurological injury has resulted in cerebral death. In cerebral death, blood flow to the brain is entirely lost. It is the complete and irreversible loss of brain and brain stem function.

22. #2Authorization • The hospital notifies Pacific Northwest Transplant Bank. • PNTB Donation Specialists search the state’s donor registry. When the time is right, they talk to the patient’s family about the opportunity to donate. Enrolled as a donor: The family will be informed of their loved one’s decision to donate, and will involve them in the process. Not enrolled as a donor or until 18 years old: The family will be asked for authorization to donate. Please talk to your family today – have they made a decision about donation?

23. #3organs are matched to recipients • The national regulatory agency database generates a list of individuals ranked in order of which potential recipient is the best match. The following criteria are used: • Body size • Blood type • Medical urgency • Time recipient has been on waiting list • Distance between donor and potential recipient • Age, race, gender, and financial status are NEVER considered!

24. #4 Recovery • The recovery surgery takes place in an operating room, in the same sterile and careful way as in any surgery. • Being an organ or tissue donor does not interfere with funeral arrangements. • Donor families are offered services and support. #5 Post-recovery • There are no costs to the family for the donation process.

25. Meanwhile… Myth or Reality? Number of Hours for Viability Heart 4-6 hours Lungs 4-6 hours Liver 4-16 hours Pancreas up to 14 hours Kidney up to 36 hours Cornea up to 14 hours Tissue up to 24 hours

26. #6: Transplant Recovery Coordinators: Transport the organs to the recipient’s hospital Those on the waiting list: Get “the call” Prepare for surgery…

27. the power of organ transplantation after before

28. life after transplant • almost normal… • possibility of rejection • immunosuppressant drugs • post-transplant check-ups

29. Your Decision to Donate

30. Your Decision to Donate Ages 13 and upcan register online or with a paper form Ages 15 and upcan register at DMV Parental consent is not required to register. However, if you become a potential donor while under 18, your next of kin will be asked to authorize donation. TALK TO YOUR FAMILY !

31. It is your decision at DMV… “Do you want to register as an organ and tissue donor?”

32. And/or, it’s your decision online… Update or edit your designation 24/7 Can specify limitations Smartphone-friendly Free No “D” code will appear on your license Disponible en español www.DonateLifeNW.org

33. Why not register?Common Myths & Misconceptions Strongly held myths and misconceptions are major barriers that prevent some people from registering as organ, eye and tissue donors.

34. Other ways to help • Talk to 5 friends or family members about donation. • Follow Go Recycle Yourself for more ideas and news • Organize a donor designation drive • Donate Life Northwest will provide you with free tools!

35. Learn more and register online… www.donevidanw.org (en español)