1. ORGAN DONATION
“My soul can find no staircase to heaven unless it is through earth's loveliness”
-Michelangelo-

2. BY THIS TIME TOMORROW
15 people in America who are alive right now will be dead.
Not because they were in a car accident,
Not because they were gunned down,
Not because their time had come,
not even because they weren’t in the hospital,
but simply because they couldn’t obtain a transplant in time.
15 people will die because the organ transplant they need will not be possible.
The National Organ Transplant Waiting List

3. POWER

4. VALUABLE ORGANS

5. ORGAN DONATION Description of the necessity of organs.
Kind of organs can be transplanted.
How you can become an organ donor.
Finally, I am hoping to leave you today with a new desire to be an organ donor, and at last a life saver.

6. ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION
Organ transplantation is one of the greatest achievements of modern surgery.
It is not longer an experiment.
21,000 transplants /year (UNOS).
96,000 waiting.

7. BIG PROBLEM
The lack of available organs is still a problem of the field of organ transplantation surgery.
In order to continue organ transplant surgery, organ donations must become more available.

8. The need for donated organs and tissues
PEOPLE
USA NY
All Organs
94,698
8,494
Kidney
70,238
5,973
Liver
16,995
1,958
Pancreas
1,742
116
Kidney-Pancreas
2,380
125
Heart
2,834
263
Lung
2,818
184
Heart/Lung
133 5
Intestine
234 6

9. THING OF THE TIME
Every 16 minutes, another name is added to the waiting list.
The average wait for a kidney is 416 days, 28 days for a liver, and 162 days for a heart.
(Coalition on Donation website)

10. WHAT ORGANS AND TISSUE WE CAN DONATE
One person can help 50 people

11. AVAILABLE ORGAN
Clinics consider blood type, body size, medical urgency, time waiting, and geographical proximity as the criteria for distribution.
Factors such as race, gender, age, income, or celebrity status are never considered.
Organ allocation.

12. HOW TO BECOME A DONOR
Step 1. Sign Your Driver's License or Non-Driver ID.
Step 2. Enroll in the New York State Organ and Tissue Donor Registry.
Step 3. Discuss your decision with your family

13. BRENT’S STORY (Donor)
Brent Adams died on April 13, 1998 due to a car accident.
He was such a fighter and loved life.
Brent’s organs helped five people.

14. TONG’S STORY (Recipient)
Tong had a serious congenital heart disease.
She got a heart in Oct, 2000.
She is totally different after her transplant. Her lips, fingers and toes are pink.

15. REMEMBER REAL NUMBERS
Waiting list candidates 96,570 as of today 1:12am
Transplants January - February ,425 as of 05/11/2007
Donors January - February ,274 as of 05/11/2007

16. REMEMBER There is a huge need for organs.
Almost any organ can be transplanted to anyone.
There are different ways of making sure that your organs are donated after you die.
The opportunity to sign a Donor Register.