Wednesday, October 9, 2013





Myths or Facts???


1) If I am in an accident and the hospital knows that I am designated as a donor, the doctors won't try to save my life.

Truth: 

This is a false misconception that people always have. Doctors, nurse, paramedics will do everything they can to save your life. In order to be able to donate an organ, you have to be on a ventilator and are declared brain dead. Transplant team will not take your organ out until they have receive permission from the deceased family.


2) I am too old to be an organ donor

Truth:

This is false, there are not age limit as to when you can become an organ donor. At the time of death, medical professionals will evaluate you and determine which organ and tissue is suitable for donation.


3) I have a history of medical illness, no one will benefit from my organs

Truth:

This is false, a person's organ and tissue are always determine at the time of death. Clinical professionals from the organ and tissue donor program will review medical and social histories of the donor to determine its eligibility.

4) If I say I only want one of my organs to be donated, they will take all my organs

Truth:

This is false, your wishes will be followed. 



5) Being an organ donor means my body will be disfigured and my family will not be able to have an open casket funeral for me

Truth:

This is false, donated organs are removed surgically in a routine operation similar to regular surgery. Donation will not interfere with traditional funeral arrangement.

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5 comments:

  1. Jack, thank you for clearing up these misconceptions. It is reasonable to see why people would refuse to designate themselves as organ donors. The human mind can be quite cynical, and I’m glad you’ve busted this paranoia-driven myth. Your selection of images is, as always, engaging and effective in conveying the message. Looking forward to more posts.

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  2. This is really cool! Its crazy what people will believe and not believe. It is all about consent and the fact that some people don't understand that have such a mistrust in doctors is saddening. People should know what is true and false and you did a good job differentiating the two.

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  3. There were a few things that I was pretty unsure of myself. This is great blog to clear up a lot of gray areas in organ transplants.

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  4. This is a great blog, Im glad this blog is helping me understand the facts and myths of organ transplant.

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  5. This is very good because I always ask myself these questions whenever I am renewing my driver's license or read about organ transplant. Thank you very much for the clarification and I hope in the future you explore more about the system of assigning and ranking those that gets organ transplantation.

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