Link collection about organ donation and transplantations

Find out more about transplantations and on how YOU can support organ donation, too...
Scroll down for info links in various other languages!

Website of our "Alex O'Loughlin Fans for Organ Donation" group:
https://www.facebook.com/AlexOLoughlinFansforOrganDonation/


 

The direct link to register as an organ donor in the U.S.:
 https://www.donatelife.net/register/
 

Website of Donate Life America: https://www.donatelife.net/ (Alex was an ambassador for this charity for several years)
 

Websites of organisations in Hawaii - Alex's new home:
In the recent past, our group's focus has shifted to supporting the Hawaiian transplant community because a lot of us fans love Alex's home Hawaii and its people. It just makes a lot of sense and simply feels "right" to us to support organ donor families and transplant recipients in Hawaii - like we did in our latest fundraising campaigns which all benefitted "Legacy of Life Hawai'i".

Legacy of Life Hawai'i:
http://www.legacyoflifehawaii.org/
https://www.facebook.com/LegacyofLifeHawaii/
https://www.instagram.com/legacyoflifehi/
 

Kidney Foundation of Hawaii: https://kidneyhi.org/
(incl. Hawaii Donor Family Council)

Blood Bank of Hawaii: http://www.bbh.org/

The only hospital with a transplant unit in Hawaii (Queens Medical Center):
 https://www.queens.org/services/transplant-center/home

The Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children performs pediatric bone marrow and stem cell transplants:
https://bethematch.org/tcdirectory/index/30/

Be the Match Hawaii (dedicated to bone marrow transplantation in Hawaii):
https://www.facebook.com/pg/bethematchhawaii/posts/
 

Website of Donate Life Australia: https://donatelife.gov.au/
and the related blog page: http://donatelife-organdonation.blogspot.com.au/

Donor registration page for Australia:
https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/services/medicare/australian-organ-donor-register
 

Website of the former Outlive Yourself Foundation (previously Taylor's Gift Foundation that was supported by Alex up until 2018)
https://outliveyourself.org/
Taylor's Gift Foundation merged with The Southwest Transplant Foundation in 2018 and became the Outlive Yourself Foundation. Two years later, the Outlive Yourself Foundation seems to have become an integral part of the Southwest Transplant Alliance (STA) and seems to no longer exist as an individual foundation. Here's the link to the STA's Facebook page:
 https://www.facebook.com/SouthwestTransplantAlliance/

Update: Taylor's Gift Foundation is back online since late 2021 under its old name with this website: https://www.taylorsgift.org/
 

Website of the Childrens Organ Transplant Association (COTA):
Organization that provides support to children in need of a transplant - https://cota.org/
The related Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/COTAFans
 

UNOS website (United Network for Organ Sharing) - for U.S. citizens:
To get information (even free brochures) on transplantations, this is probably the best source.
https://unos.org/
P.S.: I no longer have access to this website but maybe access was limited to U.S. users.
 

Information, facts and figures about organ donation - by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services:
https://www.organdonor.gov/index.html
 

TRIO website (Transplant Recipients International Organization):
https://www.trioweb.org/

 

Excellent BBC-documentary showing the full, real-life process of organ donation & transplantation
A huge "Thank You" to the donor family and everyone shown in this video for giving permission to be filmed! Please note that there are a few scenes (in the OR) that might be hard to watch for sensitive viewers but, overall, this 1-hour documentary is definitely worth watching to the very end!
Full BBC documentary "Transplant" (2011)

Documentary about an L.A. fireman living a good life & working again - thanks to a liver transplant that saved his life
Inspiring story about transplantation


Cleveland Clinic website - Info on heart transplants (and much more):
Check out the information provided online by the renowned clinic that gave Alex the great opportunity to do research for his role. For the medical specialists among you - there is also an impressively long list of publications by Dr. Gonzalez-Stawinski (View section on publications by staff) - He's the terrific guy who 'trained' Alex for his role and allowed him to look him over the shoulder in the OR.
You may also want to view the "Talk with Alex on The Doctors" - The link can be found on my page about "Three Rivers":
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/17087-heart-transplant

Mayo Clinic article - Myths and facts about organ donation:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/consumer-health/in-depth/art-20047529
 

Info site on donations and transplantations - for UK citizens:
https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/
In May 2020, the U.K. changed organ donation legislation. Almost everyone is now automatically a donor, unless you opt out explicitly before death.

Donor registration & info pages - for Canadian citizens:
https://beadonor.ca/
http://www.transplant.bc.ca/
 

And a few more miscellaneous links worth a look...
https://chrisklugfoundation.org/ (Chris won a bronze medal at the Olympics only 18 months after receiving a liver transplant!)
https://www.core.org/  (Center for Organ Recovery & Education - Regional)
https://www.facebook.com/recycleyourself/
https://exploretransplant.org/
 

A look at the possible future of organ transplantation: 3D printing of organs with human cells!
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0rIP_u1JPQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgxDixvWbLE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWz7cYHX3ME
 

 DEUTSCH/GERMAN:

Erstmal ein kurzes Interview mit Alex vom Juni 2012 über Organspenden (Quelle: "Hawaii Five-0 Italy Daily News")
Dies ist die Übersetzung eines Interviews, das 'Oh!Pen' (zwei italienische Autorinnen, die in U.S.A. leben) im Juni 2012 mit Alex in Kalifornien geführt hat.
Interview mit Alex über Organspenden

Deutsche 'AOL Fans für Organspende' Facebook-Seite - von unserem Gründungsmitglied Silke:
https://www.facebook.com/DAlexOLoughlinFansFOrganspende/
Die deutschsprachige Internetpräsenz unserer "AOL Fans for Organ Donation"-Gruppe.
 

Infos zu Organspenden:
- https://www.dso.de/ (Deutsche Stiftung Organtransplantation / Koordinationsstelle Organspenden)
- https://www.bdo-ev.de/ (Bundesverband der Organtransplantierten e.V.)
 - https://www.transplantation-information.de/ (Informationsstelle Transplantation und Organspende - sehr viele Infos!)
- https://www.organspende-info.de/ (Infoseite der Bundeszentrale für Gesundheitliche Aufklärung BzGA)
- https://www.dkms.de/de (Deutsche Knochenmarkspenderdatei)
- Video: So läuft eine Organspende ab (Junge Helden)

BUCHTIPP:  Zweites Leben - Organe spenden, ja oder nein (Sibylle Sterzik, 2013 / € 14,95)
 

Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera / Switzerland: https://www.swisstransplant.org/de/
Ein gelungener Videoclip, der mit Humor zu Organspenden anregt: Die Entscheidung

Österreich / Austria: In Österreich gilt die sog. Widerspruchsklausel, d.h. es können einem Organe entnommen werden, sofern man nicht zu Lebenzeiten widersprochen hat, indem man sich in das Widerspruchsregister hat eintragen lassen.
 

OTHER LANGUAGES

France / Frankreich / France:
 https://www.france-adot.org/ (Fédération des Associations pour le Don d'Organes et de Tissus humains)
https://www.dondorganes.fr/ (L'agence de la biomédicine - Agence relevant du Ministère de la Santé)

España / Spanien / Spain:
http://www.ont.es/informacion/Paginas/Trasplante.aspx (Organización Nacional de Trasplantes)

Italia / Italien / Italy:
 http://www.trapianti.salute.gov.it/ (Centro Nazionale Trapianti)

Nederland / Niederlande / The Netherlands:
https://www.transplantatiestichting.nl/
https://www.donorregister.nl/

 

Please view these pages, too, if you haven't already:

Why Alex and his fans support organ donation:
www.alex-the-best.de/aolorgan.htm (English + Deutsch)

About our "AOL Fans for Organ Donation" team and our personal experience with organ donation:
www.alex-the-best.de/aolteam.htm

About "Three Rivers" - incl. interviews about the show and organ donation:
www.alex-the-best.de/aolriver.htm

Alex supporting Donate Life, Taylor's Gift & more - Interviews, video clips etc.:
www.alex-the-best.de/aoldltg.htm
 

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