Organ donation

That's what I wanted to ask but didn't know how to phrase it right thanks!

Donors usually don't die suddenly, they have a traumatic accident, their brain is starved of oxygen and dies. During the resuscitation efforts they are ventilated and the heart is restarted which means that the organs are perfused. So, the cause of death is known before they, technically, die.

Thanks Renal

Donors usually don't die suddenly, they have a traumatic accident, their brain is starved of oxygen and dies. During the resuscitation efforts they are ventilated and the heart is restarted which means that the organs are perfused. So, the cause of death is known before they, technically, die.

I had thought about it for a while, but i do not want my eyes or heart taken.

And i know you can't pick and choose what you give, and even if you could; they probably wouldn't stick to it.

So... no.

I have problems with quite a few of my organs anyway, so i doubt they'd want them

You can choose which parts you want to donate

As a med student what do you think of a market for kidneys?

Oh you can? I didn't know that

I'm still not sure i'd trust them though....

Would it be reasonable to decree that if you don't subscribe to the donor programme then you cannot benefit from it...........obviously not, but it's an interesting debate

I am also on the Anthony Nolan Trust bone marrow donators list, though thankfully i haven't been called up ( I hear it's incredibly painful, but a life's a life.)

How do they take Bone Marrow?

It's normally under general anaesthetic with a long needle into the hip.

75% of bone marrow donation is done similarly to taking blood, except the blood goes from your arm, into a machine where the stem cells are separated, then the rest of the blood goes back into your other arm.

Sometimes a bone marrow harvest is performed, which requires general anaesthetic and multiple withdrawals from the hip, which takes a two night stay in hospital.

Baldy's Blog is by a 26 year old reporter for a local paper who discovered that he had leukeamia, and kept the blog from soon after diagnosis, through his bone marrow transplant until his death in August. His family and friends are still updating the blog, and his memorial service is today. His wish is for all 17-18 year olds be educated about donating blood, bone marrow and organs, and met with the Education secretary and Health secretary as well as Gordon Brown, to make this happen. Below is a link to an entry in his blog where he shows and explains what actually happens in bone marrow donation.

http://baldyblog.freshblogs.co.uk/2008/05/a-plea-for-more-bone-marrow-do.html

You mean buying organs. I think it's potentially very bad, if you look at the US market for blood, those that donated most, they were the people who shouldn't have been donating - they were poor, malnourished and sick many cheated the system to give more than they should. I don't think that we should ever have to pay people to provide human tissue, with the possible exception of clinical trials.

Iran permits the sale of kidneys and currently has no waiting list for kidney transplants (can be 3 years waiting in the UK). Surely if it is regulated well it's a win win situation for both parties.