Up to 30 people can benefit from a single donor. Organ donation is considered only after a person is legally dead. Machines allow the body to function for a short time during the transplant surgery, but there are no brain waves. The donated organs will be transplanted into the people who need them most. A national computer system matches donated organs to those who need them the most according to a point system that considers how sick a person is, how long they have been on the waiting list, their blood type, body size an other information.
Kids can let their parents and friends know that organ donation isn t experimental.
It happens every day. If kids think organ donation is a good idea and something they would consider doing, they should discuss it with their parents. Kids may want to visit the Secretary of State s homepage to find out more about organ donation and take our organ donation quiz. On a personal level, you can sign the back of your driver s license and tell your family. The video includes footage of the boy at school and on vacation.