Part A
Usually to be able to be eligible for a heart transplant, possible recipients would:
• Have to be in good health, besides from the heart failure
• Have to be most likely to die without undergoing the transplant
• Have to be able to handle the drug treatments and examinations that would follow on after the transplant
• Have to be unsuitable for other therapies
• Most likely be 70 or younger
(Criteria in order from 1-5, 1 being the most important)
1. Most likely to die without undergoing transplant; I think this is the most important because of obvious reasons; they’ll die if they don’t receive the heart transplant.
2. Handle the treatments and examinations afterwards; if a person wasn’t able to handle the aftermath of the transplant …show more content…
However, if the surgeon were to go on with the surgery, the person receiving the organ, from a donor who had a different blood type, could possibly die
Opportunities:
• It would provide people with healthier organs than they had before – someone who was born with a deformed organ could undergo a transplant and receive a better and new organ
• It could stop people from getting scammed – if the Government allowed payment for donors, patients wouldn’t have
Threats:
• The person who donated the organ could actually need the organ to survive – if a person donates an organ then later on realising that he or she actually needs the organ to survive, there would be no way of getting the organ back and the person may
Usually to be able to be eligible for a heart transplant, possible recipients would:
• Have to be in good health, besides from the heart failure
• Have to be most likely to die without undergoing the transplant
• Have to be able to handle the drug treatments and examinations that would follow on after the transplant
• Have to be unsuitable for other therapies
• Most likely be 70 or younger
(Criteria in order from 1-5, 1 being the most important)
1. Most likely to die without undergoing transplant; I think this is the most important because of obvious reasons; they’ll die if they don’t receive the heart transplant.
2. Handle the treatments and examinations afterwards; if a person wasn’t able to handle the aftermath of the transplant …show more content…
However, if the surgeon were to go on with the surgery, the person receiving the organ, from a donor who had a different blood type, could possibly die
Opportunities:
• It would provide people with healthier organs than they had before – someone who was born with a deformed organ could undergo a transplant and receive a better and new organ
• It could stop people from getting scammed – if the Government allowed payment for donors, patients wouldn’t have
Threats:
• The person who donated the organ could actually need the organ to survive – if a person donates an organ then later on realising that he or she actually needs the organ to survive, there would be no way of getting the organ back and the person may