Organ

Question 1

Answer 1

Question 2

Answer 2

Gives individuals who are 18 years of age or older the right to donate organs
Gives health care agent right to donate
Gives individuals the right to refuse to donate

Question 3

Law of 1998
a) Who to call after every death?
b) Who can ONLY requuest donation to the family or MPOA?

Answer 3

a) OPO
b) OPO or specially trained requestor

Question 4

Computer program
Mathcing system

Answer 4

Out of patient cardiac arrest death
-only donate tissues

Question 5

Answer 5

Question 6

How to consider to death?
a) asystole
b) brain death

Answer 6

a) irreversible cessation of circulatory or respiratory function
b) irrevesible cessatopm of all funstions of the entire brain including brain stem

Question 7

What part can donate?
a) Pt in ICU heart stop
b) Outside hospital pt

Answer 7

a) kindey,liver, lung, pancrease
b) only tissue within 24hr

Question 8

What organ can donate?
Brain-death

Answer 8

herat,kidney,lungs,liver etc
tissue donor

Question 9

Brain Death Criteria

Answer 9

Clinical and neurological exam(EEG)
Supporting data
Apnea testing (response hypoxia?)
Brain scan
Must establish absence of all brainstem reflexes including respiratory drive

Question 10

Who to contact abut donation?

Answer 10

MPOA
If I become unable to make my own health care decisions
18 years of age or older

Question 11

If not MPOA then who diceides?

Answer 11

Question 12

RN role?

Answer 12

RN should NOT request donation
Screen all pts for MPOA or advanced directives
Report all cardiac eaths for potentiao tissue or eye donation(notify OPO)
Notify provider ASAP when organ donation is an option

Question 13

Frequent lab evaluations and supplementation to maintain electrolyte and hormonal balance

Answer 13

Question 14

Answer 14