# 1 Introduction and Donate Life California Video (20 minutes) My - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

# 1 – Introduction and Donate Life California Video (20 minutes) • My name is • I am a Donate Life Ambassador because… (share your story*) • Transplantation saves thousands of lives every year. Do you know someone who has received a transplant or is a Donor Family? • One donor can save up to 8 lives with their gift of organs and help up to 50 more with their gift of tissues. • Ice breaker (optional/if time allows): interactive activity to engage students. • Show video: “Your Decision to Donate” (on DVD or donornetworkwest.org/high ‐ schools ) *Note: Be mindful of time when sharing your story – be able to tell it in 5 minutes or less

# 2 2 – The need is great (5 minute es) • The need is great – over 123 3,000 people acro oss the United St tates are waiting for a second d chance at life. • The need is in our communi ties – more than 22,000 people in n California are o on the transpla ant waiting list ‐ # # in (your county y*.) • The wait is long – today, res idents in Californ nia can wait up to o 8 years for a donated kid dney. • The best tre eatment for orga an failure is trans plantation – ther re is hope for those who a are waiting, but t there simply aren n’t enough donor rs. • Sadly 22 pe eople die every da ay because the o organ they neede ed didn’t come in time.  Another pe rson is added to the waiting list e every 10 minutes . *Note: Your CD DL can provide you w with more detailed information and da ata

#3 – How organ transplantation works (5 minutes) • The transplant system has been designed to be fair; celebrity status and wealth do not affect a patient’s place on the waiting list. • Patients are evaluated by a transplant team before being placed on the list. • There are 5 Transplant Centers in DNWEST’s service area: Stanford, Stanford Children’s, UCSF, UCSF Children’s and CPMC. • A recipient is identified through the United Network for Organ Sharing database based on height/weight/blood type/geography when an organ becomes available. • Organs are recovered and transplanted into waiting patients within a 4 to 24 ‐ hour timeframe depending on the organ. • After surgery, patients recover and are able to return to a normal life, go back to work, do the things they love!

#4 – How ti issue transpl lantation wo orks (5 minute es) • Tissues that t are recovered f from donors inclu ude skin, bone, h eart valves, connective tissue like ligame ents and tendon s, long veins and d corneas. • Chances are e you might know w someone who is a tissue recipie ent – for example e, athletes wh ho have had an A CL (anterior cruc ciate ligament) tr ransplant in their r knee. • Unlike orga ans, tissues can b e stored until the ey are needed, ex xcept for corneas s which need to be recovered and transplante ed as quickly as po ossible. • Donated co orneas help thous sands of people a annually regain t he ability to see • Bone helps restore mobility and normal func ction. • Skin helps s surgical patients and those who h have been burned d. • Donors are always treated with dignity and d respect and ca an have an open casket fune eral or be cremate ed, if so desired. .

#5 – Myths and Facts (5 minutes) • Saving your life is always the hospital’s priority. Donation is only an option when the patient has been declared brain dead or has irrecoverable brain injuries. • It is against federal law to sell or purchase organs. • All major religions support, or permit, organ, eye and tissue donation. • Anyone can sign up to be a donor regardless of age or medical history. • An open casket funeral is possible for donors. The donor is always treated with dignity and respect throughout the donation process. • There is no cost to the donor’s family. Share this information with your family when you talk to them tonight about organ and tissue donation.

#6 – The Importance of Donation Call to Action! (5 minutes) • If you ARE signed up as a donor, be sure to share your decision with your family so that they don’t have to make the decision for you, especially in a time of grief. • If you are NOT signed up as a donor, by law your family will be informed of the option of donation and will have to make the decision for you. • Make the decision for yourself and make sure your family knows. • Share what you learned today with your family so that they can make the decision for themselves. • Anyone can sign up at the DMV when you apply for or renew your driver license or ID card, or online at donornetworkwest.org.

#7 – Q Questions an d Answers (10 minut tes) • Hint: Encou urage participatio on by offering a P Pink Donor Dot B Ball* to students who ask a q question. • If you don’t know the answe er to a question – – take note and te ell the student that you wi ll have an answe r back to their te eacher in a day or r two – then contact you ur CDL for the inf formation and m ake sure to reply y as soon as possible. • Make sure t to acknowledge s students for their r attention and ex xcellent question s and encoura age them to visit donornetworkw est.org and click through to our social medi a sites, and to be e sure to have thi s conversation w with their parents. . * Request mate erials from your CDL L at least two (2) we eeks in advance of y your presentation.