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I was part of the procuring team. Myself and some of our team members will outofstate to retrieve and harvest a heart and bring it back to a patient. It was a long night. Go . Ow far did you have to midwest. You live here in town. Yes or. What was the condition of the person you apart from . Obviously dead. Unfortunately, it is always a tragic story. Typically a young person because those are the most ideal candidates for organ transplants. Motor vehicle accident in this case. That is typically what it is. Some common denominator among all of the donors is that they have a brain death. That is what they succumb to and that is when they become candidates for organ donation. In this case, it was a Motor Vehicle accident, traumatic brain injury and the demise was brain death. Secrecy means you cant go too far with this. Absolutely. We have to protect the privacy not only of the donor and their family, but the recipient as well. It is something that we regard as a very precious gift that t
Said, hassan, we have a transplant going this evening. Are you able to pick your . I was technically oncall. He said, i think the timing will be such that you can get back in time. Certainly it was. What airport did you fly out of . Dulles. Usually we fly chartered aircraft because commercial you have to coordinate all the timing. The issue with hearts and lungs is that they have sort of a short shelflife. We have about four hours, six hours at the max to transplant the organ once we retrieve it. What time do you took off out of Dulles Airport . Roughly about 10 00 p. M. What time did you get the heart . Around 11 00, 11 30. We started a little after midnight. We were up till about 3 00 a. M. When did you leave to get the heart . I left at about we took off at about 10 00. And what time did you get back here . Just about 4 00, 5 00 a. M. When was the operation . When we bring the organ back, the other team puts it into the recipient. One hospital here . I cant tell you that. Fairfax. F
I was not the one responsible, but i was part of the team. I was the e, procuring team. So myself and some of the team embers flew out of state to retrieve and harvest the heart and bring it back to a patient in need. A long night. You have to go . Midwest . You live in town. Yes, sir. Of the was the condition person you got the heart . Obviously dead. Story. Always a tragic typically young person because heyre the most ideal candidates for organ transplants, the heart. Motor vehicle accidents in this thats typically what it is. Some common denominator of all the donors bring death. Hats ultimately what they succumb to. They become candidates for work and donation. So in this case, a Motor Vehicle accident and a traumatic brain injury and then the demise was becoming a and candidate for, you know, donation. Secrecy rules mean you cant go too far with this. Absolutely. Ecause we have to protect the privacy not only of the donor nd their family, but also the recipient as well. Regard as
Well, the transplant is a big team effort. So i was singly not the one responsible but i was part of the team. In this case, i was the procuring team. So myself and some of our team members flew out of state to retrieve and harvest the heart and bring it back to a patient in need. So it was a long night. How far did you have to go . Midwest. You live here in town . Yes, sir. And what was the condition of the person that you got the heart from, obviously dead but yes, you know, unfortunately its always a tragic story. A typically young person because those are the most ideal candidates for organ transplants, in particular heart, Motor Vehicle accident in this case, but thats typically what it is. Some common denominator among all of the donors is that they have a brain death. Ultimately thats what they, you know, succumb to and thats when they become candidates for organ donation. So in this case, it was a Motor Vehicle accident, sadly, and a traumatic brain injury. And then, you know,