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Originally posted by Angel
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.
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I was a donor for many years, but have recently changed it. I watched a 60 minutes special (or dateline) and decided to do some research before chaning back.
First of all, ER personnel
do know the organ donors. They have to know because they have to prep, as well as match, donor to recipient in a limited time.
Secondly, they may keep me alive until they
harvest my good parts, but that doesn't mean they are going to work past the timeframe they have for useful organs in order to bring me back from death.
Lastly, I haven't decided what I want to ulimately do. But that doesn't mean I'm not empathetic toward recipients and it doesn't mean I am unintelligent. I respect others' decision to donate and I expect them to respect my decision to keep my organs to myself if I choose to--without denigrating my choice.