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t h e n c l i c k o n N O T E S P A G E . W h e n i t o p e n s y o u ’ l l s e e

t h a t e a c h s l i d e h a s n o t e s j u s t b e l o w i t . T h e n o t e s

e x p l a i n h o w t o u s e e a c h s l i d e , w h e n t o c l i c k a n d e v e n

s u g g e s t e d l a n g u a g e . Y o u m a y , o f c o u r s e , u s e y o u r o w n

l a n g u a g e i f y o u c h o o s e t o d o s o a s l o n g a s i t c o i n c i d e s

w i t h w h a t ’ s o n e a c h s l i d e .

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Life!Pass It On!

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t h e r e a r e n o t e n o u g h

t r a n s p l a n t a b l e o r g a n s f o r

e v e r y o n e .

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B e t s y R o s s

( A d d a t i t l e i f y o u l i k e )

• L i v e r r e c i p i e n t

• C a r e g i v e r

• M o m

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a r e p e r f o r m e d i n t h e U n i t e d

S t a t e s

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y e a r l y .

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Life!Pass It On!

Written and produced by Bob Aronson

2007 heart transplant recipient

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J u s t o n e b l o o d , t i s s u e o r

o r g a n d o n o r c a n s a v e o r

p o s i t i v e l y a f f e c t u p t o 6 0

l i v e s .

H o w m a n y p e o p l e c a n o n e

d o n o r a f f e c t ?

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Living donor

FaceKidney

Kidney recipient with living donor

A new liver

lungs

Caregiver

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1 1 3 , 0 0 0 w a i t i n g

7,000 wi l l d ie wait ing

Becoming a donor costs nothing,

takes l itt le t ime and saves l ives

2 mil l ion deaths

17,000 donors

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I t ’ s r e a l l y e a s y j u s t g o t o :

A n d f o l l o w t h e d i r e c t i o n s

P l e a s e - - g i v e t h e g i f t o f l i f e

www.donatelife.net

R e g i s t e r a s a D o n o r N o w !

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After you reg ister to be a donor :

Mark your dec is ion on your dr iver 's l icense

Te l l your fami ly about your dec is ion

Te l l your phys ic ian , fa i th leader , and fr iends

Inc lude donat ion in your wi l l , and l iv ing wi l l

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T h e a g o n y o f w a i t i n g

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t r a n s p l a n t s p e r f o r m e d e a c h y e a r

i n t h e U . S .

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88,000 wait ing for k idneys

2,200 wait ing for k idney/pancreas

16 ,000 need l iver transplants

3,200 need hearts

2,000 need heart/lung combinations

2011 data courtesy Organ Procurement & Transplantation Network (OPTN)

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“Don't think of organ donation as giving up

part of yourself to keep a total stranger

alive. It 's real ly a total stranger giving

up almost al l of themselves to keep part

of you al ive .”

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“Unless someone like you cares a

whole awful lot, nothing is going to

get better. It 's not .”

~Dr. Seuss

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The Mission of Organ Transplant In it iat ive is

to ensure that anyone who needs a blood,

t issue or organ transplant can get one

regardless of age, gender, sexual

preference or rel ig ion.

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Minor i t ies should refuse donat ion because

organs may not be g iven to minor i ty

pat ients.

Myth:

Wrong ! A l though A fr i can Amer icans compr ise

1 2% o f the popu la t i on and 12% o f k i dney donors

they rece i ve about 2 1 % o f the k i dneys donated .

Fact:

U r b a n M y t h s a r e K i l l i n g P e o p l e

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Myth : A t rave ler has a few dr inks w i th a s t ranger &

wakes up i n a ba th tub fu l l o f i ce w i th s tap les i n

h i s back & no k i dneys .

Fact : I t n e v e r h a p p e n e d . S t o p t h e m y t h !

T h e i n c i s i o n w o u l d b e o n t h e s i d e n o t o n t h e b a c k .

I t i s i m p r a c t i c a l , u n p r o f i t a b l e & i l l e g a l . W i t h o u t p r e -

t r a n s p l a n t t e s t i n g t h e k i d n e y s w o u l d l i k e l y d i e b e f o r e

t h e y c o u l d b e u s e d .

U r b a n M y t h s a r e K i l l i n g P e o p l e

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Myth: I f I agree to donate my organs, the

hospital staff won't work as hard to

save my l i fe .Fact: You' l l be seen by people with a moral

and legal commitment to save your l i fe .

They have nothing to do with

transplantat ion .

U r b a n M y t h s a r e K i l l i n g P e o p l e

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M y t h : People can wake up from

brain death

Fact:

Unlike coma patients, there is no

possible recovery from brain death .

Urban Myths are Killing People

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Medical Def in it ion of Brain Death

I r r e v e r s i b l e b r a i n d a m a g e - l o s s o f

b r a i n f u n c t i o n e v i d e n c e d b y

c e s s a t i o n o f b r e a t h i n g a n d o t h e r

v i t a l r e f l e x e s

U n r e s p o n s i v e n e s s t o s t i m u l i

A b s e n c e o f m u s c l e a c t i v i t y

F l a t e l e c t r o e n c e p h a l o g r a m

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The Donation Process

When death is declared, the donor body is

placed on “mechanical organ support” to

maintain blood f low and oxygen unt i l organs

are recovered for transplantat ion .

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The Donation Process

In accordance with federal law,

physicians who are responsible for the

patient’s care prior to brain death

determination, cannot be part of the

recovery of organs process .

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The Donation Process Medicare -- hospitals must notify OPO when

there is a death.

OPO specialist evaluates suitability as a donor

If patient is a registered donor next of kin is

fully informed of situation

If wishes are unknown coordinator offers

options

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OPO works with hospital to manage clinical

activities

Coordinates with (UNOS) and transplant centers

to match donor’s organs with potential recipients

Arrange for surgical recovery teams

Complex process can take a day or more

The Donation Process

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OPO gathers enters relevant information on donor in UNOS

computers

Recipients list is generated including physical match

between the two. List has no names, no social status

Purpose is to choose a recipient who is a good match & with

good chance of recovery. Also considers time on list.

Read fu l l po l i cy a t h t tp ://www.unos .org

How Do They Decide Who Gets the Organs?

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T h e p r e s e n t d o n o r s y s t e m d e p e n d s

o n p e o p l e v o l u n t a r i l y b e c o m i n g

d o n o r s .

W h i l e o v e r 9 0 % o f A m e r i c a n s t h i n k

d o n a t i o n i s a g o o d i d e a a b o u t 6 0 % o f

a d u l t s a r e N O T o r g a n d o n o r s

W h y t h e O r g a n S h o r t a g e ?

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U n d e r c u r r e n t U . S . l a w y o u a r e n o t a n

o r g a n d o n o r u n l e s s y o u s i g n u p o r

“ O p t I n . ”

D e s p i t e b e i n g i n e f f e c t f o r 2 5 y e a r s

t h e g a p b e t w e e n s u p p l y a n d d e m a n d i s

w i d e n i n g e v e r y d a y .

B e i n g a D o n o r i n t h e U . S .

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Proponents c l a im PC w i l l i ncrease the number o f

t ransp lan tab le organs and i n some countr i es i t

has .

Under PC i t i s presumed tha t everyone wants to

be a donor . I f you “Op t Ou t ” you wou ld carry a

“Not a donor” card .

P r e s u m e d C o n s e n t , a n O p t i o n

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I t i s i l l ega l i n the U .S . t o buy or se l l human

organs .

Some sugges t g i v i ng donors h igh l y regu la ted

bene f i t s l i ke tax cred i ts , con tr ibu t i ons to

re t i rement p l ans or ear l y access to Med icare .

Cash payments are d i s tas te fu l t o most peop le .

F i n a n c i a l I n c e n t i v e s a n o t h e r o p t i o n

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M i r a c l e s o f S c i e n c e a n d T e c h n o l o g y

Regenerat ing your own damaged organs

Therapeut ic c loning

Mechanical organs

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H u m a n O r g a n R e g e n e r a t i o n The body can already regenerate some of

i ts parts , l ike the l iver .

Stem ce l ls can be grown to repa ir or rep lace

damaged organs or t issues l i ke sk in , bra in

ce l ls , sp ina l cord ce l ls , hearts , lungs , l i vers ,

k idneys & more .

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Dupl icates a body part not the ent ire body

Could near ly e l iminate the organ shortage

Ant i -re ject ion medic ine would be unnecessary

because the body won’ t re ject i ts own genet ic

makeup .

Th e r a pe u t i c C l on i n g St i l l exper imenta l wi th mixed resul ts . Very

expens ive .

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O t h e r P o t e n t i a l B e n e f i t s

Cancer – A cure i f we l earn how to sw i tch ce l l s on

and o f f .

Sp ina l Cord - - regrow nerves or the en t i re sp ina l

cord when they are i n j ured .

Leukemia - - c lone bone marrow for l eukemia

pa t i en ts . Cou ld be one o f the f i rs t bene f i t s o f

therapeut i c c l on ing .

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M e c h a n i c a l O r g a n R e p l a c e m e n t s

Art i f ic ia l hearts being used & improved

Implantable art i f ic ia l k idney is designed

Bio- lung under development

Work underway on art i f ic ia l l iver

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A P a r a l y z i n g P a r a d i g m

If we didn’t systematically

destroy our own organs there

would be no organ shortage .

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Human nature dictates that we wi l l

almost always seek to treat symptoms

regardless of cost rather than el iminate

the cause no matter how simple

A P a r a l y z i n g P a r a d i g m

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P r e v e n t i n g O r g a n F a i l u r e

Pogo Cartoons were done by the late Walt Kelly

A Very Simple, Pract ical Solut ion

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K e e p i n g Y o u r O r g a n s H e a l t h y

You can’t continually abuse your organs

and expect them to be healthy.

You have choices depending on how badly

you want to enjoy a long, happy and healthy

life.

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Almost al l of the diseases that affect

your organs are preventable

“Most of the solut ions for organ disease

prevent ion involve changing environmental

inf luences that may affect personal choices . ”

United States Department of Health and Human Services

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H e a r t H e a l t h H a z a r dsSmoking

Lack of exerc ise

Overweight

Poor eat ing hab i ts

Too much a lcoho l

Change just one of

these habits and

you wil l be

healthier

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K e e p i n g Y o u r L u n g s H e a l t hy

“You wil l never ful ly appreciate your

lungs unti l you have lung disease --

and then it may be too late.”

B o b A r o n s o n C O P D s u f f e r e r

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Aerob ic exerc i se - - ge t resp i ra tory ra te up to

20-35 breaths per m inu te

Do no t smoke or s tay i n smoky rooms

Work i n we l l - ven t i l a ted areas when around

c l ean ing agents , dus t or tox i c chemica ls

Do breath ing exerc i ses - - s ing ing i s a great one

T a k i n g c a r e o f y o u r l u n g s

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Eat raw fru i t s , vegg ies & unprocessed food

Restr i c t drugs and a l coho l , t hey can k i l l your

l i ver

Prac t i ce Sa fe Sex

Exerc i se (ac t i v i t y may no t be exerc i se )

Dr ink P len ty o f water

Ta k i n g c a r e o f y ou r l i v e r

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Check and contro l b lood pressure

Watch for changes in ur ine

Watch for anemia symptoms

Exerc ise 30 minutes a day 3 days a week

Drink lots of water -- pure water

T a k i n g c a r e o f y o u r k i d n e y s

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I f each adult American convinced one

person a year to become an organ donor,

the supply/demand gap would narrow

considerably

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I t ’ s r e a l l y e a s y j u s t g o t o :

A n d f o l l o w t h e d i r e c t i o n s

P l e a s e - - g i v e t h e g i f t o f l i f e

www.donatelife.net

R e g i s t e r a s a D o n o r N o w !

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After you reg ister to be a donor :

Mark your dec is ion on your dr iver 's l icense

Te l l your fami ly about your dec is ion

Te l l your phys ic ian , fa i th leader , and fr iends

Inc lude donat ion in your wi l l , and l iv ing wi l l

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Has Presented

Life!Pass It On!

Written and produced by Bob Aronson

2007 heart transplant recipient