...BECOMING AN ORGAN DONOR By the time this day ends approximately eighteen people will have died needlessly. Not due to car crashes, gang violence or drug overdoses. Surprisingly they will have died from the simple act of waiting. They died while waiting for a much needed organ donation to replace their failing organ. For days, weeks even months they had hoped to receive news that somebody, somewhere had selflessly volunteered to donate their organs upon their death to another human being living on borrowed time. That news never came and time ran out. Perfectly good organs were buried with another non-donor who had no use for them anyhow because that person was already dead, yet without agreeing to give up their organs upon their death another life will be lost. Everyone can help to save lives by donating your vital organs after you have passed away. You will have no further need for them and I promise, you won’t even notice they are gone. How do you feel when you have to wait for something you really, really want? What if it was something you couldn’t live without? Nearly 80,000 Americans are waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant. Hundreds of thousands more would benefit from a life enhancing tissue transplant. Each day, averages of 75 people receive organ transplants. However, averages of 20 people die each day waiting for transplants that can't take place because of the shortage of donated organs. Every eleven minutes another name is added to an organ donation...
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...vital organs can be that impact. Although it may not be the heroic act many people imagined they would perform, it is indeed a heroic act that saves lives. To many, signing up to be an organ donor may seem obvious, but for others who need the extra encouragement, there are many many reasons to donate vital organs. Becoming an organ donor is strongly encouraged because it saves lives, there is no reason not to, and it offers comfort to loved ones. A human life is one of the most precious and valuable things. And saving a human life is considered one of the most honorable act that can be performed. Registering to be an organ donor offers everyone that chance to save a life. As of today, there are 118,484 people who need a lifesaving organ transplant, and that number is only rising (Technology for Transplantation). Not everyone can be a superhero and save lives on the daily, but everyone can become an organ donor and have the potential to perform the selfless act of saving a life. Many people think that their one life doesn’t have the potential to make a difference. However, that is...
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...Become an Organ Donor Marylou Schreiner COMM/215 January 13, 2014 Ruth Palumbo Become an Organ Donor The New Year is here and it’s the time of year full of cheer, love, gift giving, and resolutions. Why not consider the resolution of giving the gift of life by becoming an organ donor? According to the Mayo Clinic, “over 100,000 people in the United States are waiting for an organ donation. (Mayo Clinic 2013).In fact, the latest number from UNOS is 120,860. In additions eighteen people will die every day waiting for the life saving organ to come. They will never receive the call stating, “we found a match.” The call that can that give them a second chance at life. Most of us don’t think about what happens to the body after you die. It is a sensitive subject matter people prefer not to think about, let alone discuss with their families and friends. However, everyone should take the time to discuss the importance of, “how can I help others if I were to die? Various questions should be asked: Why should I donate my organs? What are the benefits? Are there any reasons not to? What happens to me? These are excellent questions that can be answered by viewing the OrganDonor.gov website. Many people do not think about signing a donor card because of the many myths surrounding organ transplant and tissue donation. Most of these myths are not true and are based on fear. Some of these fears include: the hospital staff won’t work as hard to save my life, maybe I won’t...
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...Becoming an Organ/Tissue Donor In Order To Save Lives I. Introduction A. Can you imagine being in a waitlist of around 79,000 people because you are in need of an organ transplant and just having to sit down and debate in your thoughts on whether you are going to make it or not because you are in an infinite list where you don’t know if there are sufficient donors or not? B. Today, I will be describing to you the pain and worry thousands of U.S. patients on the transplant waiting list go through and explain how by donating your organs this could change and make a difference. C. After learning the number of people who die per day because of the excessive waiting list and insufficient number of donors for all these people, I researched the topic extensively. D. While you, your friends, and/or family members and loved ones may not be in the necessity of an organ transplant as of right now, imagine one of you in the need of one in the near or far future and being among those 79,000 waitlisted people, wouldn’t you want to help or be helped by those good hearted people that decided to donate and pass you the gift of life? E. Preview: Today I’ll explain why we should all become organ donors after our death by 1. outlining the problems in current insufficient organ donations; 2. explaining how by donating your organs, thousands of lives can be saved; 3. and describing what will happen in the future if we do not encourage each other to become donors. II. Body A. There are...
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...Topic: Organ donation Thesis Statement: Becoming an organ donor after death is not only an important decision for yourself, but it is also an important decision for the life that you may have the power to save. Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to consider becoming organ donors after death Introduction: Ladies and gentlemen, today I am here to share with you my views on organ donation, in the hope that you will take them on board and give someone the ultimate gift after you have left this earth the gift of life. Almost everyone would want to be able to say “I have saved a life.” But by becoming an organ donor, you can be able to say “I will save a life.” Organ donation is a selfless way to give back to others, and to be able to make a huge difference by giving another person a second chance at life. Unfortunately, the number of patients waiting for organs far exceeds the number of people who have registered to become organ donors. Patients are forced to wait months, even years for a match, and far too many die before they are provided with a suitable organ. There are many stigmas related to organ donation, but most of them are relatively false, and in order to be well informed, you must know what organ donation is, how it works as well as how you can become an organ donor and what organs or tissues you can donate. Becoming an organ donor after death is not only an important decision for yourself, but it is also an important decision for the life that you...
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...Topic: Organ donation Thesis Statement: Becoming an organ donor after death is not only an important decision for yourself, but it is also an important decision for the life that you may have the power to save. Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to consider becoming organ donors after death. Introduction: Almost everyone would want to be able to say “I have saved a life.” But by becoming an organ donor, you can be able to say “I will save a life.” Organ donation is a selfless way to give back to others, and to be able to make a huge difference by giving another person a second chance at life. Unfortunately, the number of patients waiting for organs far exceeds the number of people who have registered to become organ donors. Patients are forced to wait months, even years for a match, and far too many die before they are provided with a suitable organ. There are many stigmas related to organ donation, but most of them are relatively false, and in order to be well informed, you must know what organ donation is, how it works as well as how you can become an organ donor and what organs or tissues you can donate. Becoming an organ donor after death is not only an important decision for yourself, but it is also an important decision for the life that you may have the power to save. Body: * Main Point 1- What organ donation is and how it works 1. Organ donation takes healthy organs and tissues from one person for transplantation into another. Organs you can donate...
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...Name: Institution: Date: Title: Organ Donation – the life saver. Topic: Most of the times people face challenges with their body organs and yet most of us die with our organs which can be used to save a life. Purpose statement: to persuade the Red Cross club members in becoming organ donors and to act upon their decision to donate. I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention Getter: What is the feeling of having to wait long for something that you really need? How do you feel when it’s something you can’t do without? Many years back, one of my best friends in primary school was diagnosed with a kidney failure. He was around seven years when the wait for a new kidney began. Two years later, he had been called thrice informing him that there was still no match for him. Fortunately for him, a young adult involved in a bad accident agreed to donate his organs after death. His kidney was the match that my friend needed. Similarly, most people would want to be able to say that they have saved a life? What other selfless way than becoming an organ donor? B. Tie to the audience: You never know whether one of the people on the waiting list would be you or somebody you know. C. Thesis statement: There is a growing need for organ donors and it is becoming a donor after death is a lifesaving decision. D. Thesis and Preview: I’d like to talk to you about the need for organ donors, how to become one after death and how it benefits both your family and the organ recipients. However, there are...
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...Organ Donation: Not Always Beneficial Organ donation can be very beneficial, but sometimes, it does not always work. For example, “Four transplant recipients in Chicago have contracted H.I.V. from an organ donor” (Grady). As this story exemplifies, before people consider becoming organ and tissue donors, they must consider the consequences. Tissue and organ donation can be done either by a living donor or a deceased donor. If the donor is deceased, then the doctor’s either have to get consent from the donor’s family, or they might have a donor card that states that the patient wanted to have their organs donated. People must consider the following consequences before deciding whether or not they should become donors: the potential...
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...Organ Donation Organ donation is a topic which contains many conflicting views. To some of the public population organ donation is a genuine way of saving the life of another, to some it is mistrusted and to others it is not fully understood. There are some techniques that can be used to increase donation. Of these techniques the most crucial would be being educated. If the life threatening and the critical shortage of organs were fully understood by the public, organ donation would more likely be on the rise. An effort is needed throughout the world to make people aware of the benefits this process contains. With communication, technology, and donors, organ donation can improve a person’s outlook on life by giving them a second chance on their own. (Egendorf 110-115) Technology has improved organ donation so much in the last couple years. There are numerous benefits of becoming an organ donor. Becoming an organ donor is one of the most selfless acts that a person can engage in. The facts on organ donation are staggering: there is an extreme shortage of available organs for patients that are in need. Understanding what organs can be donated can be vital in becoming an organ donor, as well as other factors’ including how being an organ donor affects the recipient who is eligible for donation. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, every day 19 people die who are waiting for organ transplants due to a shortage. (Holmes) The benefits of organ donation are...
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...Refutation Paper – Organ Donation Organ donation has been supported by many people for many years now. Every last one of the citizens of this country has the right to decide for themselves if they want to donate their organs or not at one point. However, what many people do not know, or want to believe, is that the organ donation industry is worth millions of dollars and many doctors are deciding to kill donors to obtain their organs. Also, many of the organs that are being transplanted into other patients to “save their lives” are often infected with various types of diseases, resulting in the death of the patients. Therefore, people should not become organ donors. One of the main claims that supporters for organ donors give, is that donors will be saving lives. However, it is not fair to put one life at risk just to save another one. There are many myths that clearly state that doctors will not do their best they can to save a life in order to obtain patients organs. And let me tell you, this myths are true. There is a particular case of a patient named Colleen Burns who was not dead, however she was falsely pronounced dead by doctors claiming that she had suffered “cardiopulmonary arrest” and “irreversible brain damage”. This gave doctors the okay to start slicing away even when the woman’s heart was still beating, According to Sydney Lupkin in the article “Patient Wakes Up as Doctors Get Ready to Remove Organs” published by ABC News, “doctors had inaccurately diagnosed...
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...Organ Donation How do you feel when you have to wait for something you really, really need? What if it was something you couldn’t live without? As we know Organ donation is a topic that is getting more and more common nowadays, so first it’s important to know what organ donation is about: According to the U.S Department of Health & Human Services Organ donation is the surgical process of providing one or more organs to be used for transplantation into another person. Organ donors can be deceased or living. There exists different type of organ donors. Some of them can be deceased or living. Deceased donors can provide six types of organs: kidney, pancreas, liver, lungs, heart, and intestines. Deceased donors also can provide tissues (such as bones, skin, heart valves and veins) and corneas and Living donors can provide a kidney or a portion of the liver, lung or intestine, and in some instances, eyes and tissues. In 1954, Dr. Joseph E. Murray performed the first successful kidney transplant, since then they had been a lot of successfully organ transplants all over the world. Organ donation is more than just giving an organ is giving the other person another chance to live. It’s important to know the need of becoming and organ donor and some important points that consider are: According to a survey that we realized in class nowadays, It is important to know that 61% of the people think organ and tissue donation are very important but also there is a minimum percent...
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...Why is being an Organ Donor beneficial? The two simple words Organ Donor can stir up many different emotions in many different people. It might frighten one person while it stirs up compassion in another person. Being an organ donor is much more complicated than just walking around with a little red heart on your license. This very important practice of being an organ donor needs and must continue throughout the United Sates. Most people think that for donation to occur you need to be dead, but that myth is wrong, you can donate when you are still living. Also, being an Organ Donor it provides you with the unique once in a lifetime opportunity to save someone’s life. Donation after you die is extremely rare due to the way that you should die....
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...Topic: Organ Donation Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to donate their organs and tissues when they die and to act upon their decision to donate. Thesis Statement: The need is constantly growing for organ donors and it is very simple to be an organ donor when you die. I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention material/Credibility Material: Do you ever feel like you have no power? Like things are going to happen the way they happen and you can’t change any of it. Well, for my sister that is a reality. My sister is a stage four diabetic and has had kidney problems her whole life. Now, at age 33 the doctors are telling her that both of her kidneys look like they have been run through a shredder and she needs a transplant. However, because of her diabetes she is classified as high risk and the likely hood of her finding a donor is slim to none. However, if more people made the decision to be donors there would be more organs available and my sister may get a chance with a new kidney. B. Tie to the audience: At least one of the people on the waiting list for an organ transplant is someone you, your friends or family knows. C. Thesis and Preview: Today I’d like to talk to you about the need for organ donors, how you can become an organ donor after you die, and finally, how your family and organ donor recipients benefit from you donation. [Transition] Let’s start with why organ donors are needed. II. BODY A. There are so many in need of organ transplants. 1. More...
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...Organ donation is a topic which contains many conflicting views. To some of the public population organ donation is a genuine way of saving the life of another, to some it is mistrusted and to others it is not fully understood. There are some techniques that can be used to increase donation. Of these techniques the most crucial would be being educated. If the life threatening and the critical shortage of organs was fully understood by the public, organ donation would more likely be on the rise. An effort is needed throughout the world to make people aware of the benefits this process contains. Advances in medical technology have made it possible to save someone's life by a process of organ donation. However, the scarcity of available organs is bringing the beneficial process down. By becoming an organ donor, people engage in improving someone else's life at no cost. Although the question of religious or moral cost comes into effect, virtually there is no physical cost of becoming an organ donor. Organ donation should be seen as the "gift of life" but there are not enough logical explanations to explain this phrase. Whether people are donors, non-donors or recipients, all the public should be aware that organ donation is for the common welfare. Organ Donation-Why People Become Donors The main reason an individual becomes an organ donor is to give someone the "gift of life." By giving someone this privilege a person feels they are...
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...however, it is a likely situation in this day and age. There are almost two hundred thousand men, women, and children in need of an organ transplant and the list is ever growing (HRSA). Unfortunately, only a handful of those thousands ever receive the organ they need. You should register to become and organ donor because there is a great need for them and many of the statements arguing against being an organ donor are false. Take matters into your own hands to save a life. When asked, 95% people will say that they support the concept of being an organ donor, yet barely even 45% of those people will end up actually registering to be a donor (HRSA). Why is that? There are many...
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