Organ Donation
______ can be an organ donor
Everyone
Organs and tissues that can be donated include: heart, kidney, lungs, pancreas, liver, intestines, skin, tendons, bone, nerve, heart valves, and ______
Corneas
There is an age limit to organ donations
False. Everyone can donate.
OPO
Organ Procurement Organization
Makes a ______
Difference
One donor can save up to _____ recipients and enhance the lives of _____ others.
8 and 50
If you are an organ donor what symbol is on your driver's licenses?
A heart
A computer system matches donated organs to recipients.
True.
UNOS
United Network for Organ Sharing
Improves other's quality of ____
Life
A new name is added to the national registry list every ______ minutes
10
Organ donation is consistent with the beliefs of most major ________
Religions
An open-casket funeral is usually possible for organ, eye, and tissue donors.
True.
AST
American Society of Transplantation
Helps the _____ process
Grieving
Many people on a transplant list will ____ if there were no donors.
Die
How long until an organ is invaluable?
12 to 36 hours for most organs
My family will have to pay for the donation.
False. If you donate organs it is free.
ABC
America's Blood Centers
If you donate after you die you can save up to ___ lives.
75
More than _____ people are on the national transplant waiting list right now.
106,000
Living Organ Donors can donate: Kidney, Partial Liver, Partial Pancreas, Bone Marrow, and _____
Blood
If they see I'm a donor at the hospital, they won't try to save my life.
False. The priority at a hospital is to save your life.
NKF
National Kidney Foundation
A kidney transplant dramatically increases the life span of a patient by about _____ years.
10