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Do you have a better chance of surviving a big accident if you opt out?

booleandilemma 6y ago
Not sure if you're being serious or not - but it is an interesting question. Have there been any studies on survival ratings of donors vs non-donors?
- crooked-v 6y ago
  That seems like the kind of thing that would immediately run into confounding factors, such as the potential that people who have dangerous hobbies may be more likely to opt into organ donation because they're more aware of the possibility of death.
crooked-v 6y ago
Broadly speaking, the first responders and emergency room workers providing emergency care neither know nor care about your organ donation preferences. Transplant work is done by separate specialists who only come into the picture after legal death.
- coronadisaster 6y ago
  That would be an ideal situation but someone with large amounts of money might be able to change the course of actions and big data probably could make this easier. Let say they scan their blood type, etc, then type in the condition and wait for an answer from the computer for further actions...
  - triceratops 6y ago
    Someone with an unlimited amount of money wouldn't be keeping an eye on emergency rooms if they desperately needed an organ. There are other places/organizations that will play ball.
  - crooked-v 6y ago
    That would be either a criminal conspiracy to commit murder or an illegal organ trafficking ring, and nothing about your hypothetical secret ultra-rich criminal would be affected by default opt-in or opt-out organ donor status.
    - ladzoppelin 6y ago
      I know its scary but I think the above comments are correct. I thought the removal of some organs need to be very close to TOD and the ER doctor would need to know beforehand if the patient was able to be harvested for for said organs. Is that correct, sorry if its not?
      - crooked-v 6y ago
        Any organ donation only comes into play after the declaration of legal death, at which point the body gets handed off. The ER doctor only cares inasmuch as it means that a different team than usual takes over on removing the body so he can get a different living patient in to be treated.
beervirus 6y ago
Probably not usually. But sometimes yes: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/06/organ-donation-death/530511/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/06/organ-don...
- crooked-v 6y ago
  > The boy—though not technically brain dead—had suffered so much brain damage after a near drowning that doctors determined he would never wake from a coma. So his family decided to take him off life support and to donate his organs. I don't see how the organ donation affected the care he received. Presumably if organ donation were not an option, the family would have chosen to withdraw life support anyway. Having the option of organ donation merely reduced the emotional pain of it by being able to help people at the same time.
thefounder 6y ago
No

Not sure if you're being serious or not - but it is an interesting question. Have there been any studies on survival ratings of donors vs non-donors?

crooked-v 6y ago
That seems like the kind of thing that would immediately run into confounding factors, such as the potential that people who have dangerous hobbies may be more likely to opt into organ donation because they're more aware of the possibility of death.

crooked-v 6y ago

Broadly speaking, the first responders and emergency room workers providing emergency care neither know nor care about your organ donation preferences. Transplant work is done by separate specialists who only come into the picture after legal death.

coronadisaster 6y ago
That would be an ideal situation but someone with large amounts of money might be able to change the course of actions and big data probably could make this easier. Let say they scan their blood type, etc, then type in the condition and wait for an answer from the computer for further actions...
- triceratops 6y ago
  Someone with an unlimited amount of money wouldn't be keeping an eye on emergency rooms if they desperately needed an organ. There are other places/organizations that will play ball.
- crooked-v 6y ago
  That would be either a criminal conspiracy to commit murder or an illegal organ trafficking ring, and nothing about your hypothetical secret ultra-rich criminal would be affected by default opt-in or opt-out organ donor status.
  - ladzoppelin 6y ago
    I know its scary but I think the above comments are correct. I thought the removal of some organs need to be very close to TOD and the ER doctor would need to know beforehand if the patient was able to be harvested for for said organs. Is that correct, sorry if its not?
    - crooked-v 6y ago
      Any organ donation only comes into play after the declaration of legal death, at which point the body gets handed off. The ER doctor only cares inasmuch as it means that a different team than usual takes over on removing the body so he can get a different living patient in to be treated.

beervirus 6y ago

Probably not usually. But sometimes yes: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/06/organ-donation-death/530511/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/06/organ-don...

crooked-v 6y ago
> The boy—though not technically brain dead—had suffered so much brain damage after a near drowning that doctors determined he would never wake from a coma. So his family decided to take him off life support and to donate his organs. I don't see how the organ donation affected the care he received. Presumably if organ donation were not an option, the family would have chosen to withdraw life support anyway. Having the option of organ donation merely reduced the emotional pain of it by being able to help people at the same time.

thefounder 6y ago