Field Office Staff Presentation

DMV

and Oregon’s

DONOR REGISTRY

Extending the Power to Donate Life

Donate Life Northwest goal…

Help DMV staff

•understand and feel comfortable about what you are asking with the “D” question

•know what your young drivers know and what they expect when they are at DMV

How Can Someone Donate?

• Decision: I want to save lives by being a donor• Designation: Driver’s license, online form, or paper form• Discussion: With loved ones• Declaration: Of death by doctors

Oregon Hot Facts!

Since 2007, all Oregon drivers with a “D” on their driver’s license are included in the Donor Registry

GOOD NEWS: Of Oregon’s 3.1 million licensed drivers, 66.7% are registered organ donors. 7th Place! (Dec. 2008)

BAD NEWS: Our current rate of donor designation at the DMV is only 36%.

16th Place! (Dec. 2008)

Why It’s Important to Ask

98% of registered organ donors sign up through

DMV because you asked!•232 lives saved in 2008

• 2200 awaiting an organ tx in Pacific Northwest

Why It’s Important to Ask

DMV employees

are required by law

to ask the “D” question

of everyone applying for a license, renewal license,

permit or ID card

Why It’s Important to Ask

15-17 year olds

can now indicate their decision to be a donor by

putting a “D” code

on their permit or license

Why It’s Important to Ask

“D” on a license or permit

of those at least 18 years old

is accepted as

consent for donation

Evan Burke: because you asked

You have the power…

to save 8 lives and help 50+ with every “D” code added to a license/permit/ID card

It’s a Fact

Deceased Donors • Life-saving organs: lungs, heart, liver, pancreas, kidneys, intestine• Corneas restore sight• Tissue: skin, bone, heart valves, tendons,

ligaments, pericardium, veins• Transplantation, research or education

How Does the Donation Process Work?

Hospital Referral

of Potential

Donor

Evaluationof medical suitability

Donation Discussion with Family

Organ Allocation

(UNOS) Organ, eye, tissue Recovery

Determinationof donor designation

(www.DonateLifenw.org)

Eye & TissueBanks

Organs Transplante

d

Researchoptions

Care for allDonor Families

Don’t believe the Hollywood hype!

It’s a Fact

• Anyone can be a potential donor regardless of age, race or medical history• Most major religions support organ,

eye and tissue donation• There is no cost to the donor or donor family

It’s a Fact

• If you are sick or injured and admitted to the hospital, the number one priority is saving your life• Hospital personnel DO NOT have access to the donor registry• Organ, eye and tissue donation can be considered only after you are deceased.

It’s a Fact

• Open casket funeral is possible for organ, eye and tissue donors. Through the entire donation process, the deceased person is treated with care, respect, dignity.• Agreeing to be an organ, eye and tissue donor does not include whole body donation.

What You Can Do to Help

Be brief when answering questions. No time for long answers!

You ask: Would you like to be a donor? Customer: What? To donate what? …Huh?

Great Follow up: There is a spot on your Driver’s License to show a “D” indicating “YES” you wish to be an organ & tissue donor upon your death.

Not So Great Follow up: You don’t want to be a donor do you?

Reminders…

• Recycle your counter cards

• Update your brochure racks – call DMV Central Supply if needed

• Contact with questionsJudith Trujillo, Program Director

trujillo@ohsu.edu

Phone: 503.494.7888

www.donatelifenw.org