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Originally posted by The_wall
Also a friend of mine said he heard your more likely to not be saved in a hospital if your in critical condition if you are an organ donor. It very well may not be true though.
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Actually, they have to do everything they can to KEEP you alive in order to use your organs. It is a very complex procedure. But their first goal and priority is to do everything possible to save your life. Once it is clear that you are not going to survive whatever happened, then, and only then, do they begin the process of preservation for organ donation.
As for me, yes, I am a donor. As many have said, I don't need any of these parts once I am gone. If I can leave a part of me to improve the life of someone else who may still have years ahead of them, take it.
My brother was a donor and they used his skin from his back for a patient in the burn unit. They also used his eyes.