BE AN ANGEL,GIVE THE GIFT OF LIFE

My Angel’s Name isJon Taylor McCrary

April 5, 1989 – May 20, 2005Saved 4 Lives May 21, 2005

1 heart, 2 kidneys, Liver

WHO DETERMINES THE DONOR?THE DONOR MUST BE A VOLUNTEER!!!

BRAIN DEATH DONORS may only be determined by a neurosurgeon. (Two in the case

of a child)..

CARDIAC DEATH is determined by a medical doctor.

LIVING DONORS require extensive testing

UNDER NO CONDITION CAN THE DETERMINATION BE MADE BY AN EMT,

NURSE, OR ANY OTHER PERSON.

THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF DONORS:

BRAIN DEATH: ORGAN & TISSUES

CARDIAC DEATH: TISSUE LIVING DONORS:

Kidney, partial pancreas, liver, or lung, blood and bone marrow

FEDERAL LAW STATES THAT ONLY TRAINED COUNCELORS

OF THE AREA ORGAN PROCUREMENT AGENCY HAS THE AUTHORITY

TO SPEAK TO THE FAMILY OF A POTENTIAL DONOR

CONCERNING ORGAN DONATION !!!

FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES THAT 1. ORGANS CAN NEITHER BE

BOUGHT NOR SOLD. 2. THE DONOR MUST BE A

VOLUNTEER BY: INFORMING THE FAMILY,

SIGNING THE BACK OF THE DRIVERS LISCENSE,

DONOR CARD, OR LISTED ON THE STATE REGISTRY

HOW ARE RECEIPENTS CHOSEN?MEDICAL SCREENING

A committee of medical specialists makes the determination.

MEDICAL NECESSITY The person who needs it the most:For Kidney: time on dialysis:

In intensive care to maintain life: In the hospital to maintain life:

Able to care for self at home.BLOOD TYPEBODY TYPE

ORGANS THAT CAN BE TRANSPLANTED:

Kidneys, can be transplanted into

two people. In some states liver

and lung can also be transplanted to two people. They may also be given by living donors

ORGANS THAT CAN BE TRANSPLANTED:

TISSUES THAT CAN BE DONATED:

TISSUE DONORS can give the gift of sight, hearing, and save lives with blood and veins.

CORNEA: Distorted Vision, injuriesBONES: Crushing injuries, Bone Cancer,

Hearing loss.SKIN: Life threatening burns, bladder

reconstruction.VEINS: Heart condition repairing bypass.

TENDONS AND LIGAMENTS: Joint/tearing injuries, often sport related.

SOME SHOCKING NUMBERS

15,000 = Suitable donors who could have donated 8000 = Suitable donors who actually donated 28,000 = Lives saved by these donors.

7,000 = Suitable donors who did not donate.

6,441 = Lives were lost waiting for an organ

NATION WIDE 102,000 Are waiting for an organ

28,000 Received a transplant6,441 Died waiting for an organ

(That is 19 a day)

A NATIONAL TRAGEDY!!7,000 QUALIFIED DONORS DID NOT

DONATE.IF 2500 OF THEM HAD DONATED NO ONE WOULD HAVE DIED WAITING

FOR AN ORGANIF ALL HAD DONATED, THE

WATING LIST WOULD HAVE BEEN REDUCED BY AT LEAST 20,000.

ALL OF THESE DEATHS WERE PREVENTABLE

0 = number of

lives we will help save if we are not

donors

0 = number of lives lost if only 2,150

more had donated

19 = THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DIE EACH DAY WAITING FOR AN ORGAN!!!

4% = THE CHANCE THAT YOU WILL NEED A LIFE SAVING ORGAN TRANSPLANT

2% = THE PROBABILITY THAT YOU WILL EVER

BECOME AN ORGAN DONOR AND SAVE UP TO 8 LIVES.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?Inform your family of your decision to

give the gift of life.

Sign the back of your driver’s license with a sharpie pen.

Register online

Death due to failing organs is preventable. Together we erase this tragedy just as we have

erased other killing diseases.

TOGETHER WE CAN LOWERTHE NEEDLESS DEATH RATE FROM 6,441 TO

0(Death waiting for an organ can

be eliminated)

DEATH WHILE WAITING FOR AN ORGAN IS PREVENTABLE IF WE

WILL ALL DO OUR PART:1. BECOME AN ORGAN &

TISSUE DONOR2. ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO

THE SAME.LET’S PUT AN END TO PEOPLE

DIEING NEEDLESSLY!!!