Gift Of Life protocols?

[ccmedoc]

Do any agencys have protocols in place providing for the notification of gift of life on traumatic dead on scene, or other deaths in the field?

Do any of you have protocols that allow for continued resuscitation simply to preserve organs? I have a meeting with Gift Of Life about this and would like some other input.

We have federal mandates for notification on in hospital patients, we are looking into the same for pre-hospital.

Gift of life

[Ridryder 911]

Unfortunately, organ sharing has dropped and the push and interest has dropped as well. Very few to no retrievals are made and I am only about 1/2 hr away form major institutions. Yes, I can assure you the network is notified ASAP but the network appears to be apathetic and really has the attitude "we will get there, when we can"..

In the field in my area, if death occurs, it is an M.E. case until otherwise. With the information needed for the sharing network, I would doubt they would harvest, except the usual extended time organs, bones and tissues. So to answer, no protocols, and really doubt to see any aggressive measures for such, in fact quite the opposite.

Good idea though...

R/r 911