What does it take to be someone's hero? All you need to do is sign the back of your driver's license and you could become a hero by saving up to 8 lives and improving the lives of many more; you just need to be an organ donor. Organ donation has a negative connotation linked to its back. Even though many people in today's society believe that no bad can happen in their lives, in reality we are not invincible and accidents happen and your time will end one day. The act of organ donation is a compassionate and humane choice that a person must make. Transplantation is a modern medical marvel. Despite continued advances in medicine and technology, the need for organs and tissues far exceeds the number available for transplantation. You can give someone the ultimate gift after leaving this earth: the gift of life. To understand why organ donation is so important, you need to understand what it is and how the process works. According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, “organ donation occurs when a deceased person has previously authorized their organs to be removed from their body and transplanted into that of another suffering person. have any health problem, and may not survive on their own (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services). Organ donation can provide a young child with a life full of memories that would not have been made possible on their own. You may think that the only way to save someone's life is to donate blood, but there are many organs and parts of the body that can also save someone's life, including "the heart, intestines, kidneys, the liver, the lungs, the pancreas, the cells of the pancreatic islets, the heart valves”. , bones, skin, corneas, veins, cartilage and tendons" (United States...... middle of paper ......e waiting list. The problem is that donors Potential people die without leaving instructions that they want to be an organ donor. Each donor can improve the lives of up to fifty people. Everyone should register to become an organ donor, because the greatest gift is you. can give is the gift of life Works Cited Paterson, JG (2013). Nursing Standard/RCN Publishing, 27, 35-39 Lustbader, D. (2014). practical aspects and ethical conundrums.American Journal of Critical Care, 23, 81-84Goldstein, MJ, Lubezky, N., Yushkov, Y., Bae, C. and Guarrera, JV (2012)Innovations in organ donation Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine, 79,351-355Broeckx, N. (2013). Living and minor organ donation: a major dilemma. European Journal of Health Law, 41-62Donate the Gift of Life.