Sorry…but once a patient dies (cardiac death—no breathing/heart stops beating) they cannot do an organ recovery. When blood stops perfusing or flowing through the organs, the blood starts to clot very quickly. Donors are given a huge dose of blood thinners to keep the blood from clotting, and then the organs are flushed with a cold preservation fluid. Skin, tissues and cornea may be recovered after cardiac death but organs…no.
Sorry…but once a patient dies (cardiac death—no breathing/heart stops beating) they cannot do an organ recovery. When blood stops perfusing or flowing through the organs, the blood starts to clot very quickly. Donors are given a huge dose of blood thinners to keep the blood from clotting, and then the organs are flushed with a cold preservation fluid. Skin, tissues and cornea may be recovered after cardiac death but organs…no.