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Have you seen someone die in front of you? (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by FookReddit69@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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And I'm not talking about autopsy videos or banned stuff, I'm talking about real life experiences...

Obviously I've seen gore, fatalities in traffic accidents and real executions videos but never live... The closest was the body of a guy laying on the concrete from a car accident, I was in a bus going in parallel with that car, but I'm not sure if he was dead...

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[–] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 51 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I'm an orderly in an OR that does organ procurements from donors. The patients are already brain dead or otherwise intubated, but still technically alive. When the doctors open them up and get to where the organs are, there is a brief moment of silence and a prewritten letter in their honor is read aloud. After that they are taken off of life support and the organs are ready to be taken. The most interesting part to me is watching the color fade from their intestines. It's actually very fast from pink to gray.

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

The most interesting part to me is watching the color fade from their intestines. It’s actually very fast from pink to gray.

That's due to oxygen deprivation, right?

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes. Without hemoglobin or myoglobin, flesh looks very dull. That's why packaged meat is treated with carbon monoxide, keeps it looking red.

https://www.drweil.com/diet-nutrition/food-safety/is-meat-too-red-to-be-true/

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 months ago

Thanks for the education. :)

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So how does organ donor work? Let's say an organ donor dies in a car crash, could their parts be put on ice and transported to the nearest hospital where it's needed? Or do they need to be rolled in alive?

[–] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The hospital I work is not a trauma hospital, so those types of patients dont come to us, but as far as I understand patients must be alive. Organs become unusable fast.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 4 points 5 months ago

Damn, I could have done without reading that one.