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A friend from University has spent the last ~15 years working in the organ donation site of ER medicine. They actually spend more time trying to revive a donor

by grecy 8y ago

A friend from University has spent the last ~15 years working in the organ donation site of ER medicine. They actually spend more time trying to revive a donor and doing everything they possibly can because of misconceptions like what you said above. She is quite certain that if anything, being a donor actually increases the likelihood of you being revived by medical staff, who would much rather revive you than have to deal with people telling them they didn't try hard enough.

chopin 8y ago
>She is quite certain that if anything, being a donor actually increases the likelihood of you being revived by medical staff, who would much rather revive you than have to deal with people telling them they didn't try hard enough. Is there any kind of (independent) check for this? In my country (Germany) there has been collusion to get ones patients on the top of the recipient list. I wouldn't be surprised of there were similar collusions for the donor side. I've also heard that recovery procedures differ from organ prevention procedures (at least you don't want to apply medication which potentially damage organs for a potential donor). How does one get assurances that the latter are not applied prematurely if you are a donor?
furgooswft13 8y ago
....That's some disturbing shit there. Please let me know where this hospital of horrors is so I can avoid getting in a car accident near it unless I have my organ donor card on me and there's an angry 'dey took er organs' mob outside. Maybe the place should start handing out bonuses for each successful patient revival, that'd really get those ethics kicking.
bjourne 8y ago
That implies that ER personnel can tell organ donors from non-donors apart. Is there any evidence that they can?
- grecy 8y ago
  Given the donor team are usually standing right outside the door waiting, I would say they know.
  - bjourne 8y ago
    That seems like a bad situation. It can cause rumors like that hospital staff doesn't try as hard to save donor patients because they can harvest their organs can spread.

by grecy 8y ago

chopin 8y ago

>She is quite certain that if anything, being a donor actually increases the likelihood of you being revived by medical staff, who would much rather revive you than have to deal with people telling them they didn't try hard enough. Is there any kind of (independent) check for this? In my country (Germany) there has been collusion to get ones patients on the top of the recipient list. I wouldn't be surprised of there were similar collusions for the donor side. I've also heard that recovery procedures differ from organ prevention procedures (at least you don't want to apply medication which potentially damage organs for a potential donor). How does one get assurances that the latter are not applied prematurely if you are a donor?

furgooswft13 8y ago

....That's some disturbing shit there. Please let me know where this hospital of horrors is so I can avoid getting in a car accident near it unless I have my organ donor card on me and there's an angry 'dey took er organs' mob outside. Maybe the place should start handing out bonuses for each successful patient revival, that'd really get those ethics kicking.

bjourne 8y ago

That implies that ER personnel can tell organ donors from non-donors apart. Is there any evidence that they can?

grecy 8y ago
Given the donor team are usually standing right outside the door waiting, I would say they know.
- bjourne 8y ago
  That seems like a bad situation. It can cause rumors like that hospital staff doesn't try as hard to save donor patients because they can harvest their organs can spread.