Posted on 12/04/2010 9:44:18 AM PST by traumer
It might sound a little disturbing to some people but a new pilot program will attempt to recover kidneys from people who die at home in Manhattan.
A team of organ specialists will have about 20-minutes after a cardiac-arrest patient is declared dead to arrive at the home, check a donor registry, determine medical eligibility, obtain a family member's consent and get the person into a specialized ambulance.
A special team will monitor 9-1-1 calls about people in danger of dying and they will travel directly to a person's home without being summoned.
The program is being launched Wednesday. It could eventually lead to thousands more organs donated each year. But the five-month trial, a collaboration between Bellevue Hospital and New York City's police and fire departments, could be declared a success without a single organ being recovered, organizers say.
It's being called the Organ Donation Unit. It is being funded by a $1.5 million grant from the U. S. Department of Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),
The team — composed of two EMTs, an organ donor family services specialist and a Bellevue emergency physician — will interact with grieving and shocked family members in the limited time available before it is too late to use a person's organs. A police detective will arrive at the scene before the team to make sure there's nothing about the death that warrants a criminal investigation.
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“My father collapsed...”
I am sorry what happened to you and your Mom on probably the worst day of her entire life. It is traumatic enough to lose your spouse and more traumatic to now wonder if she did what he “wished”. In your specific case and this post, there is a common theme: SWAY PEOPLE AT THEIR WEAKEST, MOST TRAUMATIZED MOMENTS in order to get what they want.
The oldest joke in NY is hide your wallet before the EMS arrives. That’s why it took 45 minutes to call for an ambulence for Nelson Rockefeller.
I had a neighbor once who actually had the nerve to call and ask that the fire department use their ladder truck to rescue her cat from a tall tree. After telling her - we don’t do that anymore - they did indeed come get kitty out of the tree. Kitty was terrified to the point of ferocity, the firefighters were laughing the whole time, the neighbors got a good show and a good time was had by all.
I have experience with the “body part thieves”. I have not recovered yet from the experience.
“Will SIDS babies be used as well?”
Yes.
My son died in 1991 of Sids. The asked for me to donate his corneas. I declined.
So, yes, they will use ANYBODY AT ALL.
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