You are a member of a transplant team. It has been determined that your patient has had a major organ failure due to a disease and that a transplant is necessary Step 1: 10 points Select a patient and describe him/her and his/ her condition. Include Age, gender, photograph What his or her condition is and why a transplant is needed (what caused the failure) The following organs are appropriate: heart, lungs, liver, kidney, intestine, larynx, blood vessels. Step 2: Describe the organ (5 points) Include a labeled picture that shows the organ in detail and where it is located in the body (5 points) What is its function? (20 points) How does it affect the rest of the body? You need to explain how this organ is involved with every system in the bodyintegumentary , skeletal, muscular , nervous, endocrine, circulatory , respiratory , reproductive , excretory , lymphatic, and digestive. understand this will be difficult for some, but every part of the body is connected in some way Think about how your organ contributes to the functioning of others or how other organs are required for yours to function properly (10 points) How is the patient’s life impacted by the failure of this organ? Be specific as you discuss what is different about his or her life Step Considerations for an organ transplant (10 points) How is a donor found? How difficult is it to find a donor for this particular organ ?
(10 points) How does the immune system respond to a transplant ? (5 points) What is transplant rejection and how is this prevented? (points) What alternative treatments exist if the transplant is not available? Step 4: Reflection (15 points) Examine some of the current, ongoing research (Human Genome Project, cloning, stem cells, etc.) and speculate on how this research might assist organ transplant or treatment developments in the future. (10 points) What ethical dilemmas exist in selecting a suitable treatment or organ for a patient? For example, what arguments exist in favor of and against transplants ? 105 total points possible Provide a reference list in MLA format for the resources you have used . You may turn this in as a paper or powerpoint presentation. If you have another idea for how to structure it check with me for approval.
