Donor Alliance Saving Lives Through Organ & Tissue Donation and Transplantation

1. Donor AllianceSaving Lives Through Organ & Tissue Donation and Transplantation Presented by:Danielle PercivalCommunity Relations CoordinatorAugust 19, 2011

2. The Facts: Organ & Tissue Donation What every teen driver needs to know to make an informed decision about donation

3. The Two Questions Asked • Would you like to be an organ and tissue donor? • Would you like to contribute $1.00 ormore to the organ & tissue donation awareness fund?

4. Donate Life Colorado Organ & Tissue Donor Registry • Heart symbol on license means: • Name recorded in the State Donor Registry • Legally binding advance directive • Donor Alliance will verify potential donor from Registry, not check to see if they have a heart on their license

5. Donate Life Colorado Organ & Tissue Donor Registry • Confidential database • DOR downloads every 24 hours • Under 18 yrs - DR2460 for parental consent • CO is first person consent: irrevocable by family • Only information accessed: name/date of birth

6. How else can I register? • Go online: DonateLifeColorado.org • Contact Donor Alliance: 303-329-4747 • Fill out registry form & mail in • Community outreach events: health fairs, church, blood drives etc.

7. Donation Awareness FundCreated in 1996 • Named after Emily Maureen Ellen Keyes (2007) • Dollars put back into the community to encourage and inspire donor designation • New brochures and collateral materials at DLOs • Programs: Transplantation Science, Religious outreach • Campaigns: 5 & 10 year license renewals

8. In the Nation Nearly 112,000 men, women & children are currently waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant • January – December 2010 28,662 received organ transplants

9. What are they waiting for? 89,340 Kidney 16,180 Liver 3,187 Heart 1,764 Lung *Statistics provided by UNOS.org as of 8/5/11

10. 2010 National Transplants 16,898 Kidneys 6,291 Livers 2,333 Hearts 1,770 Lungs 828 Kidney/Pancreas

11. Colorado & Wyoming Over 2,100 men, women and children are waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant • January – December 2010 478 received organ transplants

12. Colorado & WyomingWaiting Lists 1,492 Kidneys 524 Livers 28 Hearts 38 Lungs 29 Pancreas *Statistics provided by UNOS.org as of 8/5/11

13. 2010 Colorado & WyomingTransplants 314 Kidney 87 Liver 5 Pancreas 15 Kidney/Pancreas 30 Heart 27 Lung Live donors: 142 Kidney & 3 Liver

14. The process: becoming an organ donor • A patient must die in the hospital (less than 1% of hospital deaths result in organ donation) • Mechanical ventilation • No active cancer • No infectious disease • Doctor’s declaration of brain death

17. How is an organ recipient chosen?United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) • Waiting List (how sick they are) • “Match” with the donor (blood type, antigen, cross-matching, body size) • Geographic Distance

18. Average Preservation Times • Heart 4-6 hours • Lung 4-6 hours • Liver 8-16 hours • Pancreas 8-16 hours • Kidney 24-36 hours

19. Tissue Donation:Bone, Skin, Heart Valves • Cardiac or brain death • Up to 24 hours for recovery • Up to 12 hours for corneas

20. Healing Benefits of Tissue • Bone: facial reconstruction, spinal surgery, cancer treatment (limb preservation) • Skin: healing for burn patients, decreases pain, infection and dehydration • Cardiovascular: heart valves • Corneas: corneal blindness from disease or injury

21. Common Barriers to Donation “I am too old” “I have had cancer” “They will take me before I am dead” “My religion/culture won’t permit donation”

22. Bold Requests • Get the facts about donation and the importance of registering to be an organ and tissue donor • Be ready to make an informed decision • Be prepared to designate your decision when getting a permit or driver’s license

23. Contact Me Danielle Percival Community Relations Coordinator Donor Alliance dpercival@donoralliance.org 303-370-5668