[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by pavulon

As for working as hard to save a potential donor, the answer is yes they do work as hard to save them...most anonnymous donors are victims of tragic situations. People working the ICUs understand that anyone could be in a tragic situation...nobody is immune so all imagine themselves in the same situation.

I'm thankful people donate. I worry about many of the recipients.

We found that the majority of the donors were motorcycle riders. Their wearing a helmet would keep them alive yet in many cases brain dead, so they were not going to ever get any better. Once taken off of the machines they had passed within minutes and then was when the organs were harvested.

Had to laugh. In my previous post I mentioned being in the OR watching a heart transplant. My copilot who was also there asked the head doctor where they got most of the donor organs. The doctor casually said "oh they are motorcycle riders." Miles turned white and you could really see it under his scrubs and mask and the doctor asked why? Miles then replied "well, the captain and myself just rode our motorcycles to the airport to do this transplant mission!" The doctor camly replied while stitching up the organ "we will be seeing you then!"