Brian is a paramedic who has worked 911 EMS, flight, and critical care transport, including patients who are at end of life and donating organs, and even the organs themselves. After hearing the experience that Anthony and Jessica DeCilio went through with their daughter's end of life care he graciously offered to shed light on how the process of organ donation and procurement usually works.
We talk about how someone becomes an organ donor, how the DMV process is far from providing the "informed" part of informed consent, how brain death is determined clinically, how organ procurement occurs across the United States and most of the western world, the importance of talking with your loved ones about your wishes for end of life care early on, and where to find the information to help you make the best decisions for you when the inevitable occurs.
One of those resources is the United Network for Organ Sharing https://unos.org/
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Music by Scott Toddy: https://www.scotttoddy.com/
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