Originally posted by: AbAbber2k
Most of your organs last longer than your brain... I'd rather not be revived as a vegetable.
Yeah... although freshness is key to a lot of organ donation.
Originally posted by: AbAbber2k
Most of your organs last longer than your brain... I'd rather not be revived as a vegetable.
Originally posted by: MajinWade
I'll feed your slight paranoia. I would recommend getting a copy of an article in the October 2002 issue of Playboy about organ donation. The thing that really surprised me is that in a study of brain death, 185 out of 187 brain dead people died. That means 2 didn't. It also goes onto to talk about life saving measures or lack of, which everyone in authority refutes. But since you are now paranoid...
Also why worry about being selfish? It's your organs. Nobody else has a right to them. Give them because you want to as a gift, not because you feel guilty about it.
It's not that I'd feel guilty about not giving them, I just know that a lot of people die because they don't get the organs necessary.Originally posted by: MajinWade
I'll feed your slight paranoia. I would recommend getting a copy of an article in the October 2002 issue of Playboy about organ donation. The thing that really surprised me is that in a study of brain death, 185 out of 187 brain dead people died. That means 2 didn't. It also goes onto to talk about life saving measures or lack of, which everyone in authority refutes. But since you are now paranoid...
Also why worry about being selfish? It's your organs. Nobody else has a right to them. Give them because you want to as a gift, not because you feel guilty about it.
Originally posted by: Paulson
The only thing that bothers me about it is the thought of how hard they try to revive you if you do flatline or whatnot. If I'm in serious condition I'd like to have them give it an all or nothing shot to revive me. I don't really want them to do a half assed job and then say "organ donor, time of death *:** lets get those organs!"
Do you think they harvest the organs faster and try less to revive if one is an organ donor?
Originally posted by: Compton
Originally posted by: Paulson
The only thing that bothers me about it is the thought of how hard they try to revive you if you do flatline or whatnot. If I'm in serious condition I'd like to have them give it an all or nothing shot to revive me. I don't really want them to do a half assed job and then say "organ donor, time of death *:** lets get those organs!"
Do you think they harvest the organs faster and try less to revive if one is an organ donor?
There was an X-Files ep that was sort of about this issue. IIRC, a doctor was killing patients to get their donated organs.
They check your credit rating and ability to pay the hospital bill. They need to break even on you.:QOriginally posted by: Paulson
Do you think they harvest the organs faster and try less to revive if one is an organ donor?
Originally posted by: coolred
I only read part of the first question and answer, but it may be of some help to you
Originally posted by: lokiju
Originally posted by: coolred
I only read part of the first question and answer, but it may be of some help to you
Man, reading this makes me want to remove the organ donor from my license.
I feel sick now :disgust:
I've never been one until about a month ago when I got a new license, now I'm regretting this decision a little.
Don't get me wrong, I want to help if I can but I just don't like the idea of my organs being shopped around before my body is totally dead, not just technically dead (brain dead)
Originally posted by: zixxer
They care A LOT more about how/whether you can pay.
I had a REALLY bad allergic reaction about 9 months ago - I was like passing out in the wheelchair they brought me in with (sitting there going in and out of conciousness)... before they admitted me to the ER. They would have sent me to another hospital if I didn't have insurance...