VOLUME 27 - 8 Organ Donation

Health Tips

Make a Donation Friendly America

We became a partner and charter member of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Secretary Tommy G. Thompson's Workplace Partnership for Life, a nationwide network to increase the number of organ, tissue, marrow and blood donors in the United States.

"By partnering with Secretary Thompson in this initiative, we have a tremendous opportunity to give back to the communities in which doctors of chiropractic across the country practice. Our efforts to promote organ and tissue donation will help give the gift of life to thousands of patients and their families."

The goal of the Workplace Partnership is to involve businesses, organizations, national associations, and other places of employment or volunteerism in educating their employees or members about the critical need for organs, tissue, marrow and blood. Partners can also be educational institutions, fraternal organizations, unions and any other group that wishes to participate.

Secretary Thompson's initiative also will result in guidelines for automated registries of organ and tissue donors; organ and tissue donation curriculum for use in driver's education programs and other high school classes; a "Gift of Life Donor" medal to acknowledge America's donors; and, a model organ and tissue donor card.

The donor card is available from HHS's Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) by calling 888/ASK-HRSA or by downloading it from the federal government's donation

Web site at www.organdonor.gov.

As of September 2004, the national waiting list for organs contained nearly 80,000 patients. Each month, the list grows by more than 300 people. Sadly, 16 wait-listed patients die each day because a donor organ didn't become available in time. Thousands more need tissues and marrow. Blood that can make possible these and other vital medical procedures also is in critically short supply. Americans can help. And Secretary Thompson believes that Americans will help when they realize how much their assistance is needed and how easy it is to become a donor.

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These are becoming more frequent now and you need to know what to do if you are hit from behind or slip into someonw else. Follow these simple rules if you are involved in a car accident and are not hospitalized:

• Stay calm and reduce movements of the spine
• Ice packs on the spine and neck for 5 minutes per hour will help for the first few days
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