>> reporter: well, it's a remarkable test program, that's for sure, drew. that's what needs to be emphasized. this is being tried out for five months only. and if it works, it could widen the pool for people in need of kidney transplants. here's how it's supposed to work. if someone dies at home of cardiac arrest, your heart stops, someone of course will call 911 and an ambulance rushes to the scene, that is the same as always. but under this program, a donor network will also be notified. but there are a lot of qualifications here. the desealsed must already be an organ donor on new york's registry and calls are required to the family. relatives must agree to it. if they don't, that's the end of it. doctors can only wait 20 minute for a decision. but if the family agrees, a transplant team will go to work, a specially trained crew will preserve the kidney and within four to six hours the kidney could be removed for transplant.