Organ/tissue Donation

Specific Purpose: To give my point of view on organ/tissue donation.

Central Idea: By registrating to be an organ/tissue donor enables organ transplant, saving a life, and showing love.

Introduction:

I. How does it make you feel to have to wait for something you really want? What if it was something you could live without?

II. My friend's brother is on the waiting list for a kidney. He has been on the list for 3yrs. and he attends dialysis 3 times a week.

III. As an organ/tissue donor myself, I would like to show you why donors are in such a desperate need and encourage you to become an organ/tissue donor.

A. The lack of registered donor poses a serious threat for many recipients waiting for a transplant.

1. Every 11 minutes someone is added to the waiting list, according to organdonor.gov.

2. 18 people will die each day waiting for an organ ( organdonor.gov)

3. The largest group waiting for an organ transplant is 18-49 yrs. in age.

B. You can help by becoming a registered organ/ tissue donor.

1. The most important thing to do is to sign up as an organ donor in your states' registry. Go to TNdonorregistry.org; click on the sign me up today button. Put in your information about yourself and print your donor card.

2. Designate your choice on your driver's license. You can just check the box on the application while applying for or renewing your driver's license.

3. Sign and carry your donor card from OrganDonor.gov.

C. Every donor can possibly save up to 8 lives or improve the as many as 50 lives.

1. There are two types of organ donors: living and deceased.

2. Living donors: Usually involves kidneys since it's possible for a person to live with one. It's also possible to donate pieces of other organs such as the lung, liver, pancreas, and intestine.

3. To be a living donor you must undergo medical testing to endure that you are a match for the recipient. You need to be in good health, free from disease and conditions such as diabetes, cancer, and high blood pressure. Age is a factor, most between the ages of 18-60.

4. Donating after death-A deceased organ donation is from a person who has recently died. A patient may die in the emergency room or may experience brain death. Once a patient is considered brain-dead, physicians work with his or her family and an organ donor coordinator to discuss the donation process and gain their consent. Although the patient may have been a registered organ donor, his family must still