Misuasive Speech On Organ Donation

The misinformation of organ donation is the first cause of why people do not want to sign up to become organ donors. People have the mentality that in case of an accident, if they happened to be organ donors, first responders and doctors are not going to try to save their live. This is only a myth because under any circumstances doctors and staff will work very hard to try to save any life. Another fear is that a patient won’t be dead. Which is also a myth. If the patient is a donor more testing is perform at no cost to make sure the patient is not alive. Other questions that people often use as an excuse is that they might be too young or too old to be donors. Furthermore, the concern that their families will be charge for the cost of the

First, I will discuss the ever-growing need for organ donors in the United States, and the untrue claims against becoming one.

One way on getting organ donation to be on a rise is by educating the public and informing them about the critical issues of organ shortage. For example, according to the U.S. Government Information on Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation an average of “79 people receive organ transplants.” Although, in a result of donated organ shortage 22 people lose their lives while waiting for an organ transplantation each day. “As of 2008 the median wait times for transplants are heart 113 days, lungs 141 days, liver 361 days, kidney 1, 219 days, pancreas 260 days, and intestine 159 days.” By getting registered as a organ donor a person is qualified for donation only after their death. Did you know the Department of Human and Health Services states that an “individual body of a donor can save up to 5o people.” choosing to be an organ donor will save the lives of many people.

According to The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, “However, an average of 22 people die each day waiting for transplants that can't take place because of the shortage of donated organs”.

What is more, not only there is a demand in organ donation, but also a long waiting list. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services statistics states 119,000 are on the waiting list for transplants and every ten minutes an individual is added to this list, as well as 22 people expire each day waiting for a transplant (2015). People don’t look at statistics and this is a huge number to look at the more reason to be an organ donor. People on this waiting list are waiting for some lifesaving miracle and is sad that they chance of them receiving an organ is not that good. For instance, if a person was to need one of these lifesaving organs more than likely they would be one of those statistics that they would die before getting their

Thesis: Today I am going to be talking about the process of organ donation and hopefully I will be able to clear up any misconceptions surrounding organ donation and give you a clearer understanding of the process.

An individual who is not an organ donor may think that their organs could not possibly save a life but that is false thinking. “One organ donor can save eight lives and change the lives of more than fifty people” (National Foundation for Transplants). Not only can one

Every ten minutes a new person is added to the national organ transplant waiting list – a mother, a father, a son, a daughter, a brother, or a sister (1). As of September 2014, more than 123,000 people currently need an organ transplant. Surely if everyone was an organ donor, there would be more than enough viable organs for all of those people. However, because not everyone is indeed an organ donor, approximately 21 people die each day due to a lack of organs. Now this might not seem like a rather large number, but it amounts to about 7,000 people each year – people who could be saved. Statistics show that although 90% of Americans are in favor and support organ donation, only about 30% know the procedure to actually become an organ donor.

Most importantly, most people are fooled by organ donation because it can be seen as helping a person in need to stay alive. Gretchen Koren pointed out that most “surgical patients” woke “in a lot of pain”. Only you can make the choice to be an organ donor and you’ll be in a lot of pain if you’re a living organ donor.

Organ donation is a successful process of removing tissues or organs surgically from one person to another (Cleveland Clinic, 2013). Many questions based on organ donation run along the lines of why people do not donate, but many do not realize that not everyone is allowed or able to donate because some people are not physically capable to have a successful transplant (Prigent et al., 2014). Meaning that the donor’s organs are too weak, or the donor’s organs are too old, in some cases the donor and recipient do not have the same blood type, which then causes alloimmunization (Kawano et al., 2014; Prigent et al., 2014). In the United States, there are more than 117,000 people waiting for an organ donor and 18 people on the waiting list die

Imagine yourself in a situation where your best friend got in a car accident and needs a kidney transplant. When the doctor receives the news that you’re the only applicable person because of blood type, all eyes are on you. What would you do? Would you give or keep? Savings lives can be something that is dreaded or heroic. In fact, each day, an average of 79 people receive organ transplants because of the generous. However, an average of 21 people die each day waiting for transplants that can 't take place because of the shortage of donated organs (Organdonor.gov). How can we fix this? Are you the friend that will give a helping hand or one that will run away? Currently, more than 120 million people in the U.S. are signed up to be a donor. But statistics can be hard to come by and something that can change the outlook on the way one looks at life is to recognize every number as a person. That person could be in need of a lifesaving transplant or a person who has legacy in being an active organ donor to many hoping for a favor in return. Not matter what, each number could be a mom, dad, brother, sister, grandparent, child or a best friend. What matters most is that number equals a life lost or lived by a transplant. Being a donor myself, there are many stigmas and false accusations about this topic and in becoming an organ donor after death it is not only an important decision for oneself to know the truth about this opportunity, but it is also one step closer to simply

The number of people who need organs for transplantation in this country and around the world is unbelievably big. According to the United Network for Organ Sharing more than 123,00 Americans are waiting for an organ to become available and someone is added to the national list every 12 minutes. Unfortunately, there are not enough organs and many of these people waiting will die of organ failure before their number is called. the number published is 22 deaths per day. (UNOS-Data) Most of the time, people think of organ donation after someone dies or a living organ donation of a kidney because you have two. But in other countries, selling organs has become a big thing. According to one study, legally donated organs only made up 10% of the need around the world. (Houser) There are many opinions about the process of selling organs, both on

As of May 16th, 2015 at 9:38 AM there were 123,408 people that need a lifesaving organ transplant. Of those people, 79,216 are on the active waiting list (Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, 2015). Included in the total of people on the active waiting list are people in need of an organ for the first time and people in need of a subsequent organ. Patient’s that need a second transplant due to organ failure by means of non-adherence of medical advice should not have the opportunity to receive a subsequent transplant because if said patient was compliant, the organ would have lasted longer, it is a waste of resources to transplant a second organ, and there are many other people waiting for their first transplant, making it an unfair practice.

In todays time, the demand for organs have sky rocketed, but the organ supply has dropped tremendously. There are too many people on this planet for their to be others dying from not receiving an organ. Not enough people take the time out to sign up to donate organs. Signing up to become a organ donor is as simple as checking a box on your license form. Being an organ donor does not quickly put an end to your life as most people may think. It simply secures another person 's life once yours has come to an end. If organ donation was made mandatory it could say hundreds of more lives than right now. When a

About seventy-Four people a day receive an organ transplant, however an average of seventeen people die each day waiting for transplants. Did you know that more than 88,000 men, women and children currently await life-saving transplants? Every 12 minutes another name is added to the national transplant waiting list. Of those 88,000 waiting, 61,000 of them are waiting for a kidney. How many of you reading this are organ donors? I use to feel that I didn't want a doctor taking anything from me after I have passed, even knowing that two of my family members, an uncle and cousin, had severe kidney disease. It wasn't until after they had passed away that I really thought seriously about organ donation. I'm not proud of my prior