Organs

heart transplant. Benefits of artificial hearts are that it is promptly accessible and there is no requirement for immunosuppressive medications. The diminished blood stream weakens the capacity of fundamental organs. Artificial heart raises the blood pressure and helps recovering vital organs while the patient is waiting for a heart transplant (HealthGuideInfo). This device has permitted patients to go home, even with a completely embedded artificial heart. Total Artificial Heart by SynCardia…

Organ donation, and the ethical issues surrounding it, has become a topic of discussion in recent years. Most ethical issues involve patients and family, but it can also affect nurses and physicians. The article Organ Donation after Circulatory Death, the authors highlight the ethical dilemmas of organ donation due to “non-heart beating” death. In such cases the patient must die within 60 minutes after being removed from life support to be eligible for organ donation. With the shortage of…

Millions of people die every year from starvation and/or disease. We do not need wars to reduce our population any more. If people’s first instinct was to find diplomatic and peaceful solutions or compromises the world would be a happier place. Alternatives to war are better because they are peaceful, less harmful, more ethical, and they can unite people. War alternatives are much more peaceful because they don’t involve hurting other people. If countries were to have a chess match or…

In order increase the number of donations, there must be more government involvement to regulate the usage of cadavers. After the shocking occurrence of cadavers getting blown up and the recent arrest of the UCLA’s director for illegally selling cadaver body parts, Michael Meyer, medical ethicist, asserts that “Congress should act to create a carefully regulated, non-profit system” to eliminate future instances like this from happening. Afterall, “the Constitution guarantees the protection of…

grandparents taking me to a local ice cream parlor in Columbus, Indiana called Zaharakos. The ice cream parlor is most famous for it’s old fashioned ice cream and it’s pipe organ. While you were eating ice cream, you could sit and listen to the pipe organ play in the background on a hot, summer day. In the reading about the pipe organ, it mentions that one of the different ways it makes different sounds is through flue or reed pipes. My question would be, what is the difference in the sound of…

November 16, 2017 will be a special day not only because I will turn eighteen, but also because I will register as a organ and tissue donor, ensuring my opportunity to extend someone else’s life on this earth after my own has passed. Until I saw this scholarship opportunity, I had not given organ and tissue donation much consideration. I recalled a poster at the highway patrol that caught my attention as I waited to take my driver’s license test. It read, “Tired of waiting? Imagine waiting on…

One out of three people will need blood in their lifetime, so whether it is a friend, family member, or colleague, everyone will know someone who is in need of a blood transfusion or donation. One organ donor can save up to eight lives and affect the lives of more than 50 people with their donation(s), which can can help lessen the statistics of 22 people dying every day waiting for a transplant. The history of blood transfusions connects back to physician William Harvey discovering the…

Reflections of the Indian Philosophy in Deleuze’s ‘Body without Organs’ I. Introduction – Brian Massumi rightly spells out the Deleuzian philosophy when he calls it ‘self-problematizing’; always confronting the reader with the question of what it is all about, and what to do with it. It challenges the reader to do something with it. It is pragmatic, not dogmatic. Pierre Hadot attributes this distinction between discourse about philosophy and philosophy itself to Stoics: ‘For the Stoics, the…

need of another liver donor. The adopted Vietnamese girls have a life-threatening condition, known as Alagille syndrome, which causes severe liver damage. In 2014, the twins’ condition worsened, causing them to land a spot on the waiting list for organs. Nevertheless, the father, Michael Wagner, discovered he was a donor match, but he would only be able to provide his liver donation to one of his two children. This is due to the fact that liver tissue regenerates slowly, causing him to only be…

Question: 4, 6 There are 78 organs in the human body in total, 12 organ systems, and 5 organs that are vital to our existence. Although the heart comes in at a close second to the most essential organ in our body (the brain), the role that it plays in or life is why it lands itself on the list of vital organs. So, what makes the heart so important to our survival? Located between the lungs and the middle of the chest the heart is no bigger than the size of a human fist. The main job of the…