> This is the reason why I will not succumb to the liberal socialist harvesting of human body parts process,becuase once you sign that organ donors card, you are on a roll, and they can miss the spark of life.
Here’s another reason. My friend, an EMT, told me not to sign the card. Why? Because if you are found unconscious and it looks like you are dying and do not have an organ donor card on you, then they have to keep up life saving efforts twice as long as required for someone with a signed organ donor card.
“Because if you are found unconscious and it looks like you are dying and do not have an organ donor card on you, then they have to keep up life saving efforts twice as long as required for someone with a signed organ donor card.”
Not true. Once life saving efforts are discontinued the organs are not acceptible for donation anyway, so your EMT friend is telling you stories.
There is not a requirement of time for life saving efforts. Unless the death is obvious and irreversible, such as a decapitation, EMS will almost always continue life support until they reach a trauma center. I have never once in 23 years looked to see if a patient is an organ donor. Makes absolutely no difference in how I treat my patients.