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sapaul wrote:Humour, me, never. I am always serious
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Thank you, I will take that a a compliment

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sapaul wrote:Thank you, I will take that a a compliment

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Exactly how it was meant, and precisely what I ask myself daily!
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I'm an organ donor, but while an accident on a motorcycle is statistically more likely to be fatal than in a car, the severe trauma is often enough to rule out organ donation.

I had a similar thing happen to me regarding travels and blood donation. I'm O- so it pains me to not be able to give blood anymore.
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storysunfolding wrote:I'm an organ donor, but while an accident on a motorcycle is statistically more likely to be fatal than in a car, the severe trauma is often enough to rule out organ donation.
Gosh! Are you a "living donor"? I'm guessing....maybe a kidney for a close relative? If so hat's off to you! :cowboy:

re severe trauma - yes you are correct motorcycle accidents do sometimes unfortunately result in severe trauma, however for that very reason a victim is more likely to end up (& on life support) in intensive care which is a fundemental requirement pre donation. Also whilst not true for all of us a lot of bikers are young & fit, which means they haven't had time to ruin their organs quite as much as some of us older folks have.

I'm glad this thread is still active. Let's try & keep it going so more members & guests get a chance to think about it.
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It's not about the age of the rider in regards to the ruined organ. Statistically 50+% of motorcycle fatalities in the US have drug involvement which rules out organ donation on its own. 80+% of motorcycle fatalities have such extensive trauma that no organ is viable for transplantation. So it's a nice thought, but rarely works out the way you'd like it to in the end.
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storysunfolding wrote:80+% of motorcycle fatalities have such extensive trauma that no organ is viable for transplantation.

But that's missing the point. The victim has to be "alive" to be a donor, ie have at least made it to hospital & into ITU. Out of interest what's the source of you statistics?
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Department of internal medicine at Inova in Fairfax va has been tracking this information across three states for 10 years. I can't recall who their partner is on the transportation side.
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storysunfolding wrote:It's not about the age of the rider in regards to the ruined organ. Statistically 50+% of motorcycle fatalities in the US have drug involvement which rules out organ donation on its own. 80+% of motorcycle fatalities have such extensive trauma that no organ is viable for transplantation. So it's a nice thought, but rarely works out the way you'd like it to in the end.

50% have drug involvement, sho that sounds high. Does that include alcohol as a drug, or is that the other 50% :shock:
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