Posts Tagged brain stem

Brain Dead

An overview about how doctors declare brain death, the first step in the organ donation process.

Continue Reading Add comment Friday, 12 September, 2008

Our donor’s chart

I read through the chart of our previous donor.

Continue Reading Add comment Saturday, 23 August, 2008

Dying young, helping many

We recover on a 28 year old who had a brain stem infarct.

Continue Reading Add comment Saturday, 23 August, 2008

About me:

I'm employed by a non-profit that works to cure blindness through cornea transplants. My job is to pursue cases, contact the family about donating tissue, track down the body and medical chart, review the chart and talk to the next of kin to see if the donor is eligible to donate and to perform the actual recovery of eye tissue. I love my job, and hope to share my work through this blog. Though I have cleared this blog with my director, I desire to remain anonymous to the general public. Thanks for respecting this, and enjoy!

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