Final presentation B2

Teacher
Mara Teresa

Student
Frowil Narvaez

 Organ donation begins with a person who recognizes an opportunity to help others,

enrolls in a state donor registry, and shares the decision to be a donor with family
members and friends.

In Venezuela two types of transplants between living and receiving organs and tissues

from a cadaver people are made. Venezuelan laws allow kidney and liver donation
between relatives until fifth degree of consanguinity and spouses. In the country kidney,
heart ( children ), liver, tissues , corneas , heart valves and hematopoietic progenitor
cells ( CPH ) or bone marrow they are made.

The National Transplant Organization Venezuela (ONTV), is a nongovernmental

organization nonprofit organization created in September 1997, whose development and

initiatives are the result of consensus of all parties involved in the transplant activity in
the country.

 People of all ages should consider themselves potential donors. When an

individual dies, they are evaluated for donor suitability given their current and past
medical history as well as their age. The Organ Procurement Agency determines
medical suitability for donation.

The person has the right to decide not to be selective donor or donor of some

organs , tissues or certain people. In this case you should call 0800- Donor (
3,662,683 ) to include it in a national registry .

"There is no deadline to call and notify you do not want to donate their organs , but

as death does not warn , it is important to discuss it with family and know the
legislation on this issue."

Organs and tissues that can be transplanted include:

Skin
Liver

Lung

Bone

Kidney

Intestine

Bone marrow

Pancreas

Cornea

Heart valves

Heart

Middle ear
Connective tissue

 1. A protocol of brain death is made, which by law three Venezuelan doctors and a coordinator of the

ONTV, attached to Min-Health must be present.

2. The regional coordinator meets with the relatives of the deceased, death conditions are explained

and, on behalf of Min-Health, the grant request is made.

3. The organs or tissues are transferred to a backup site in the HUM, where he practiced different tests

for patients on the waiting list to be compatible.

4. The operations must be performed almost immediately: depends of the type of organ or tissue.
5. The rejection rate is very low, between 10 and 15 percent, and may be due to problems in the

anatomical part or compatibility, among other reasons. The first symptoms may appear within a few
hours of operation.

6. The death rate is less than one percent.

 In the country there are 14 transplant centers, some private but funded 85% by the

Ministry of Health.

For minors, parents or legal guardians authorize or not the donation.

The decision to be a donor or not may be revoked at any time. The will of the

deceased will be respected, not be revoked or force.

Transplants are free. The State assumes the amounts in public schools and a good

percentage in private.

 Brain DeathBrain death occurs when the brain is totally and irreversibly non-functional. Brain

death is caused by not enough blood supply of oxygen which causes the brain cells to die.

CandidateA patient who has been placed on the National Waiting List for solid organ

transplantation.

Deceased donors can provide the following organs: kidneys, pancreas, liver, lungs, heart, and

intestines,

which

can

be

used

to

save

the

lives

of

as

many

as

people.

Deceased donors also can provide tissues (such as bones, skin, heart valves and veins) and

corneas.

Donor RegistriesA confidential electronic database in which individuals can enter and store

their

wish

to

be

an

organ

and

tissue

donor.

Living donors can provide a kidney or a portion of the liver, lung or intestine and, in some

instances, eyes and tissues.

Organ donation is the surgical process of providing one or more organs to be used for

transplantation into another person. Organ donors can be deceased or living.

GraftA transplanted organ or tissue.

 Graft SurvivalThe length of time an organ functions successfully after being transplanted.
MatchThe degree of compatibility or likeness between a donor and a recipient.
OrganA part of the body, made up of various tissues, which performs a particular function.

Transplantable organs are: heart, intestines, liver, lungs, kidneys, and pancreas.

ProcurementThe surgical procedure of removing an organ, corneas or other tissue(s) from a

donor.

RecipientIn the context of organ and tissue transplantation, this is the patient receiving the

donated organ or tissue.

RecoveryIn the context of organ and tissue transplantation, refers to the process of removing

organs and tissues from the donor.

Rejection (Acute and Chronic)The body's way of protecting itself against a foreign invader

such as infectious germs.

TissueA body part consisting of similar cells that perform a special function. Examples of

tissues that can be transplanted are bones, corneas, heart valves, ligaments, veins, and tendons.

Transplantation is the process of surgically transferring a donated organ into a patient with end-

stage organ failure.

XenograftAn organ or tissue transplanted into a human from a non-human animal.