...Becoming an Organ/Tissue Donor In Order To Save Lives I. Introduction A. Can you imagine being in a waitlist of around 79,000 people because you are in need of an organ transplant and just having to sit down and debate in your thoughts on whether you are going to make it or not because you are in an infinite list where you don’t know if there are sufficient donors or not? B. Today, I will be describing to you the pain and worry thousands of U.S. patients on the transplant waiting list go through and explain how by donating your organs this could change and make a difference. C. After learning the number of people who die per day because of the excessive waiting list and insufficient number of donors for all these people, I researched the topic extensively. D. While you, your friends, and/or family members and loved ones may not be in the necessity of an organ transplant as of right now, imagine one of you in the need of one in the near or far future and being among those 79,000 waitlisted people, wouldn’t you want to help or be helped by those good hearted people that decided to donate and pass you the gift of life? E. Preview: Today I’ll explain why we should all become organ donors after our death by 1. outlining the problems in current insufficient organ donations; 2. explaining how by donating your organs, thousands of lives can be saved; 3. and describing what will happen in the future if we do not encourage each other to become donors. II. Body A. There are...
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...Virtually anyone can become an organ donor. On average, approximately 30 people die everyday due to a shortage of available organ donors. “Statistics show that there are more than 114,895 Americans awaiting their organ transplants, while millions of people die each year without signing up as organ and tissue donors” (“Be an Organ Donor - Learn More on Organ Donation.”). Often times, drivers who perish in car accidents, and others who die suddenly who have not declared themselves to be organ donors will be buried with all of their viable, healthy organs. This takes the chance to live a healthy away from a person dying of organ failure. Organ donation can offer an improved quality of life for the recipient. Not only is there a severe shortage...
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...Become an Organ Donor Marylou Schreiner COMM/215 January 13, 2014 Ruth Palumbo Become an Organ Donor The New Year is here and it’s the time of year full of cheer, love, gift giving, and resolutions. Why not consider the resolution of giving the gift of life by becoming an organ donor? According to the Mayo Clinic, “over 100,000 people in the United States are waiting for an organ donation. (Mayo Clinic 2013).In fact, the latest number from UNOS is 120,860. In additions eighteen people will die every day waiting for the life saving organ to come. They will never receive the call stating, “we found a match.” The call that can that give them a second chance at life. Most of us don’t think about what happens to the body after you die. It is a sensitive subject matter people prefer not to think about, let alone discuss with their families and friends. However, everyone should take the time to discuss the importance of, “how can I help others if I were to die? Various questions should be asked: Why should I donate my organs? What are the benefits? Are there any reasons not to? What happens to me? These are excellent questions that can be answered by viewing the OrganDonor.gov website. Many people do not think about signing a donor card because of the many myths surrounding organ transplant and tissue donation. Most of these myths are not true and are based on fear. Some of these fears include: the hospital staff won’t work as hard to save my life, maybe I won’t...
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...Hero - Become An Organ Donor” If you knew that you could, for sure, save someone’s life, would you? Do you hate waiting for something that you really want, or, perhaps, cannot live without? If your answer is yes, then you should become an organ donor today. Be a hero. We all know what it is like to have to wait for something that we really want, but we have never physically died because we didn’t have it. On average, twenty-two people die everyday while waiting for an organ. That brings the death count to over eight thousand a year! Isn’t that awful? Numbers don’t lie. For every fourteen people that need an organ, there is only one organ donor. This ratio makes me cringe, but the horrific facts do not stop here. According to organdonor.gov 122,620 people are currently in need of an organ. By the time you finish reading this, another name will be added to the list....
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...Topic: Organ Donation Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to donate their organs and tissues when they die and to act upon their decision to donate. Thesis Statement: The need is constantly growing for organ donors and it is very simple to be an organ donor when you die. I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention material/Credibility Material: Do you ever feel like you have no power? Like things are going to happen the way they happen and you can’t change any of it. Well, for my sister that is a reality. My sister is a stage four diabetic and has had kidney problems her whole life. Now, at age 33 the doctors are telling her that both of her kidneys look like they have been run through a shredder and she needs a transplant. However, because of her diabetes she is classified as high risk and the likely hood of her finding a donor is slim to none. However, if more people made the decision to be donors there would be more organs available and my sister may get a chance with a new kidney. B. Tie to the audience: At least one of the people on the waiting list for an organ transplant is someone you, your friends or family knows. C. Thesis and Preview: Today I’d like to talk to you about the need for organ donors, how you can become an organ donor after you die, and finally, how your family and organ donor recipients benefit from you donation. [Transition] Let’s start with why organ donors are needed. II. BODY A. There are so many in need of organ transplants. 1. More...
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...Organ Donation How do you feel when you have to wait for something you really, really need? What if it was something you couldn’t live without? As we know Organ donation is a topic that is getting more and more common nowadays, so first it’s important to know what organ donation is about: According to the U.S Department of Health & Human Services Organ donation is the surgical process of providing one or more organs to be used for transplantation into another person. Organ donors can be deceased or living. There exists different type of organ donors. Some of them can be deceased or living. Deceased donors can provide six types of organs: kidney, pancreas, liver, lungs, heart, and intestines. Deceased donors also can provide tissues (such as bones, skin, heart valves and veins) and corneas and Living donors can provide a kidney or a portion of the liver, lung or intestine, and in some instances, eyes and tissues. In 1954, Dr. Joseph E. Murray performed the first successful kidney transplant, since then they had been a lot of successfully organ transplants all over the world. Organ donation is more than just giving an organ is giving the other person another chance to live. It’s important to know the need of becoming and organ donor and some important points that consider are: According to a survey that we realized in class nowadays, It is important to know that 61% of the people think organ and tissue donation are very important but also there is a minimum percent...
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...Organ donation shortage Organ donation shortage When receiving a driver’s license in the United States, there is a section on the back in which it asks if the licensed driver would like to become an organ donor. Most people overlook this option. Nothing is really pushed forth for people wanting to become organ donors. Today in the U.S, thousands of people need organ transplants. Unfortunately, there is a growing shortage of donated organs. Many people die every year because there are not enough organs ready for transplant. Resulting, there is an extremely long waiting list of people hoping that they will be the next ones to get called to receive an organ. For a lot of those people, they die waiting on that list. If more people would become donors, there would be a lot more organs available for the ones in need. There have been many ideas on how to solve this problem. Rather it being an organ donor to receive an organ, some sort of point system, or financial incentives. (Calne, 2010) Offering financial incentives to potential organ donors, would solve the organ donation shortage in America. Organ transplantation started in the mid- 1950’s with a kidney transplant between identical twins. After the successful operation, it started the idea of widespread organ donation between two participants (Calne, 2010). Today, a living volunteer can donate a kidney, half of a liver or even a lobe of a lung (Calne, 2010). The process starts by one of two ways. If the person is donating...
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...Name: Institution: Date: Title: Organ Donation – the life saver. Topic: Most of the times people face challenges with their body organs and yet most of us die with our organs which can be used to save a life. Purpose statement: to persuade the Red Cross club members in becoming organ donors and to act upon their decision to donate. I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention Getter: What is the feeling of having to wait long for something that you really need? How do you feel when it’s something you can’t do without? Many years back, one of my best friends in primary school was diagnosed with a kidney failure. He was around seven years when the wait for a new kidney began. Two years later, he had been called thrice informing him that there was still no match for him. Fortunately for him, a young adult involved in a bad accident agreed to donate his organs after death. His kidney was the match that my friend needed. Similarly, most people would want to be able to say that they have saved a life? What other selfless way than becoming an organ donor? B. Tie to the audience: You never know whether one of the people on the waiting list would be you or somebody you know. C. Thesis statement: There is a growing need for organ donors and it is becoming a donor after death is a lifesaving decision. D. Thesis and Preview: I’d like to talk to you about the need for organ donors, how to become one after death and how it benefits both your family and the organ recipients. However, there are...
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...Refutation Paper – Organ Donation Organ donation has been supported by many people for many years now. Every last one of the citizens of this country has the right to decide for themselves if they want to donate their organs or not at one point. However, what many people do not know, or want to believe, is that the organ donation industry is worth millions of dollars and many doctors are deciding to kill donors to obtain their organs. Also, many of the organs that are being transplanted into other patients to “save their lives” are often infected with various types of diseases, resulting in the death of the patients. Therefore, people should not become organ donors. One of the main claims that supporters for organ donors give, is that donors will be saving lives. However, it is not fair to put one life at risk just to save another one. There are many myths that clearly state that doctors will not do their best they can to save a life in order to obtain patients organs. And let me tell you, this myths are true. There is a particular case of a patient named Colleen Burns who was not dead, however she was falsely pronounced dead by doctors claiming that she had suffered “cardiopulmonary arrest” and “irreversible brain damage”. This gave doctors the okay to start slicing away even when the woman’s heart was still beating, According to Sydney Lupkin in the article “Patient Wakes Up as Doctors Get Ready to Remove Organs” published by ABC News, “doctors had inaccurately diagnosed...
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...Organ Donation: Why We Should Give the Gift of Life To give or not to give? That is the question. Give the gift that continues to give. Organ donation is the gift of life; however, there are many elements such as family, religion, and the public’s attitudes that are influential to the decision making of organ donation. Therefore, it is essential to complete a donor card, mark your driver’s license and share your decision with your family to become an organ donor, so you may give others a chance to enjoy a lifetime. Now, imagine that a loved one has just been in a car accident and is severely injured. The injuries are internal, some broken bones, but mainly, they have lost a significant amount of blood, which they are in desperate need of. Fortunately your blood types match. Picture yourself in the hospital waiting room, awaiting an update from the doctors on your loved one, hoping that they will survive. What would you say when the doctor approaches you and tells you that in order to save your loved one’s life, you must donate! Now, hold that thought, let’s change the scenario slightly. You were also in the car; however you were not as lucky as your loved one. You are now a victim taken by the car crash. Wouldn’t you still hope to save your loved one’s life as your last wish? Would you give any organ necessary for your loved one’s survival? Your heart? Your kidneys? Your liver? It’s a matter of life and death! If you had elected on your driver’s license to be an organ donor...
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...Organ Donation Organ donation is a topic which contains many conflicting views. To some of the public population organ donation is a genuine way of saving the life of another, to some it is mistrusted and to others it is not fully understood. There are some techniques that can be used to increase donation. Of these techniques the most crucial would be being educated. If the life threatening and the critical shortage of organs were fully understood by the public, organ donation would more likely be on the rise. An effort is needed throughout the world to make people aware of the benefits this process contains. With communication, technology, and donors, organ donation can improve a person’s outlook on life by giving them a second chance on their own. (Egendorf 110-115) Technology has improved organ donation so much in the last couple years. There are numerous benefits of becoming an organ donor. Becoming an organ donor is one of the most selfless acts that a person can engage in. The facts on organ donation are staggering: there is an extreme shortage of available organs for patients that are in need. Understanding what organs can be donated can be vital in becoming an organ donor, as well as other factors’ including how being an organ donor affects the recipient who is eligible for donation. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, every day 19 people die who are waiting for organ transplants due to a shortage. (Holmes) The benefits of organ donation are...
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...Organ Donation Two baby boys were born today, Matthew and Michael, they are not twins, not even related, both born only minutes apart on the same day. At the age of 4 months the boys became ill, their parents told the Doctor’s, “he just isn’t himself, crying a lot, not wanting to eat, and very lethargic”. Matthew had an ear infection; Michael was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. At age 6 the boys went to school, at 10:15 everyday Matthew rushed to the playground so he could get the good swing, Michael went to the nurse to get his insulin shot. At age 14, Matthew needed braces, Michael needed an insulin pump; his shots were no longer effective. At age 17, Matthew applied for college; Michael was added to a National Organ Donor registry. Matthew waits anxiously every day for his acceptance letter to college, Michael waits for a kidney donor. There are over 107,173 men, woman and children, just like Michael, on a waiting list for a life saving organ transplant. (OrganDonor.gov) Included in this number are, 750 Kentuckians awaiting life sustaining organ transplants. (Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates) Organ donation is desperately needed, it can improve and prolong the life of someone that needs an organ transplant, and becoming an Organ donor is extremely easy. Every 11 minutes another name is added to this waiting list. Seventeen people die a day waiting for a transplant. (OrganDonor.gov) Every day, about 68 people receive organ or tissue transplants that potentially...
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...life of another. Receiving a needed organ often means the difference between life and death. Many people have misconceptions regarding organ donation, some do not realize the vast numbers on waiting lists. Others may be apprehensive about making a decision about their bodies after death. According to the National Network of Organ Donors, “nineteen people die every day in this country waiting for an organ transplant” (NNOD). Organ and tissue donation offer the gift of life however, many factors such as family, religion, and public attitudes influence the decision of organ donation. The origins of organ donation arose with several experimental transplants. The first successful transplant was a bone transplant in 1878, which used a bone from a cadaver (“Understanding Donation”). By 1954, Dr. Joseph E. Murray performed the first successful kidney transplant in Boston (“History of Organ Transplantation”). Since then, medical science has concentrated on organ donation as a way of replacing a recipient's dysfunctional organ with that of a healthy donor organ. It was not until 1967 that the first successful heart transplant took place. With this new development, the donor card was established as a legal document the next year (“History of Organ Transplantation”). In 1984, National Organ Transplant Act was passed; this established the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network. This fundamentally guaranteed fairness in distribution of donated organs (“Donation and Transplantation”)....
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...SLIDE 1: When asked if they would like to become an organ donor, many people ask themselves, SLIDE 2: Why should I donate my organs? SLIDE 3: What are the benefits? SLIDE 4: Are there any reasons not to? (Pause) For many people the topic of organ donation can be a touchy one. Many have religious beliefs against the practice, or apply to certain conspiracy theories that put forth horror stories of patients who would have otherwise survived. SLIDE 5: Despite these concerns, the fact remains that at any given point in time, over 114,000 patients in the United States alone are on waiting lists to receive organ donations. Less than 50% of these patients will ever receive the organs they need to survive. Every person who becomes an organ donor has the potential to save one or more of lives. SLIDE 6: As you can see, the number of organ donors is gradually increasing from only about 7,000 in 1991 to over 14,000 in 2011. SLIDE 7: However, many more patients are still waiting. As previously mentioned, over 114,000 Americans are awaiting a donation – which corresponds to about 1 donor for every 8 people. There are many organs that can be donated such as the liver, heart, and pancreas, but kidney’s are in the highest demand. SLIDE 8: These graphs shows the various organs that are in demand from specific age groups and the percent of transplant candidates who are waiting. Children younger than age 5 most commonly need liver transplants, while kidneys are the...
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...Topic: Organ donation Thesis Statement: Becoming an organ donor after death is not only an important decision for yourself, but it is also an important decision for the life that you may have the power to save. Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to consider becoming organ donors after death Introduction: Ladies and gentlemen, today I am here to share with you my views on organ donation, in the hope that you will take them on board and give someone the ultimate gift after you have left this earth the gift of life. Almost everyone would want to be able to say “I have saved a life.” But by becoming an organ donor, you can be able to say “I will save a life.” Organ donation is a selfless way to give back to others, and to be able to make a huge difference by giving another person a second chance at life. Unfortunately, the number of patients waiting for organs far exceeds the number of people who have registered to become organ donors. Patients are forced to wait months, even years for a match, and far too many die before they are provided with a suitable organ. There are many stigmas related to organ donation, but most of them are relatively false, and in order to be well informed, you must know what organ donation is, how it works as well as how you can become an organ donor and what organs or tissues you can donate. Becoming an organ donor after death is not only an important decision for yourself, but it is also an important decision for the life that you...
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