Decrease donors from motorcycle accidents and increase donors by cerebral vascular accidents.

-currently, emergency, intensive cures and Neurology units are the hospital areas where there is more potential for activating the plan of organ and tissue donation. Because it is where, unfortunately, there are more patients and from a medical point of view, his life is not feasible, die or are undergoing irreversible agony

– is imperative to educate doctors in these areas where these potential donors can give to enable to identify them and implement the entire ” has pointed out the President of the Catalan society of medicine Urgencies and emergencies, Dr. Miquel Sánchez

-El Dr. Miquel Sánchez has highlighted that Spanish successful transplants and donations of organs and tissues is due to there is an adequate legal basis, a good network of communication and public hospitals involved, coordinators in all hospitals and a coordination system that centralizes the OCAT in Catalonia and at the national level, the ONT ”

Barcelona, February 2012.- in recent years has gained traction the number of donors by cerebral vascular accidents in units of Neurology, where there was a few years the majority of donations were of people with injuries, produced, basically, motorcycle accidents of people drove without a helmet ”, stressed the President of the Catalan society of Medicine of urgencies and emergencies, Dr. Miquel Sánchez. Thus noted it on the occasion of the III workshop theoretical and practical involvement of doctors and emergency nursing in the donation of organs and tissues, it organizes the Catalan society of Medicine of urgencies and emergencies (SOCMUE) of the Academy of medical sciences of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands.

They are the units of emergency, intensive cures and Neurology, where are the potential donors because patients are in a compromised life situation, die or are at a stage of irreversible agony. For this reason, Dr. Miquel Sánchez has highlighted that is imperative to educate doctors in these areas to enable to identify them and implement the process ”.

To raise them is highly recommended to attend training and informational workshops as has organized the Catalan society of Medicine of emergency and medical emergencies, the medical professionals involved can do simulations using Dummies on how to maintain the viability of organs and tissue from a donor.

In addition, the President of SOCMUE, Dr. Miquel Sánchez, has indicated that this training is very important, because the assistance of one or two doctors or nurses of each hospital, ensures that then they transmit it to his fellow of the Centre and therefore has more trained professionals.

Another key of the transplants and donations process, is to inform the family of the donor of the possible donation. To carry it out, explained Dr. Miquel Sanchez the importance of raise the matter with the utmost respect and neatness bearing in mind the wishes or beliefs of each family, whether cultural, religious or social.

Finally, pointed out that the success of the process of transplants of organs and tissues in Catalonia and Spain is thanks to there is an adequate legal basis, a good network of communication and public hospitals involved, coordinators in all hospitals and a coordination system that centralizes the OCAT in Catalonia and, at the national level, the ONT ”.

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