Quote Originally Posted by morbidT View Post
Depends on the OPO region you die in. Age used to be a big one but I think most, if not all, OPO's have decided age does not make you ineligible. Socio-medical history is going to play the biggest part; alcohol, drugs, health issues, gay butt secks, tattoos that are less than a year old, professional tattoo vs. a cousin who has a tattoo machine (sorry emmie I can't remember the real term), recent jail time, hypertension, diabetes, genetic disorders, cancer. None of these things make a person ineligible, but they will be considered. Tests may be ordered as well.

Also, how did the person die? Brain injuries usually provide the best organs (once the socio-medical history has passed) because there has been no trauma to the organs. Sometimes, gunshot wounds (throughout torso), car accidents, and other traumatic bodily injuries may have caused too much damage to the organs.

There used to be really strict guidelines. There are some cancers that automatically make someone ineligible. Sepsis is usually automatic, too.

The issue with the amount of organ donors is only 1% of the population become brain dead. The other 99% die from cardiac death and are only eligible for tissue donation and not organ donation.

I probably should have worded my previous post differently regarding the 1% of people who become brain dead. Those are the people who are considered for organ donation. Some of the families say no, so not all 1% are donors. So, less than 1% of the population actually become organ donors.

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At this point though (almost two weeks on the ventilator), how viable are her organs for transplant? I think in another thread you said that the vent causes cooties in lungs, right? What about the rest of her organs?