Medical Examiner Resources
Donation provides so many benefits to people in need of transplantation.
We thank you and your organization for your support in facilitating
the donation process. Your role in connecting Legacy of Life with
potential donor families at the time of death is a crucial part
of a very important process. THANK YOU!
Suggested Procedures:
* At the time of death, please contact Legacy of Life at 1-800-397-3077. This number is answered 24 hours per day, every day of the year.
* When you call, please have the following information available:
* Name of deceased
* Age of deceased
* Cause of death
* Name of next of kin
* A phone number where we can reach the next of kin
* Given time is of the essence, please provide as accurate of information as possible, particularly relating to a correct number where we can reach the next of kin in a timely manner.
* We suggest you DO NOT try to discuss the option of donation
with the family. We have found a telephone call from our trained
family services coordinator is more comfortable for the family
and more effective at explaining existing options associated with
donation.
* If it is convenient, we would ask you hand out a copy of the
Legacy of Life brochure to the family. You can also mention that
Legacy of Life will be contacting the family. Again, we suggest
leaving the donation "presentation" to the staff of Legacy of
Life .
In-Service Education
Legacy of Life provides training to your staff through in-services.
In addition to typical training and review of processes, we also
take some time to recognize and thank you and your staff for your
contribution to the donation process.
These in-services also serve to document your office's compliance
with the donation regulations.
Bereavement Assistance to Families
In addition to contacting families regarding donation, our staff
are trained to assist families in coping with their loss. In addition,
we provide a number of group meeting opportunities, a series of
booklets mailed to assist the family with grieving, and multiple
opportunities to honor donors and their families. We genuinely
believe donation can be an important part of the healing process
for families and we work with them to achieve this end.
Communications Tools
To assist with your communications, we have developed a number of tools to facilitate communications regarding donation. Many can be downloaded and printed directly from this website.
* The Legacy of Life donor family brochure.
Contact Legacy of Life to obtain copies of this brochure.
Click
here to download a copy of this brochure if you wish to print
some at your location. (5MB)
* ME's Training Guide - printed copies
of our ME training is provided to our our partner organizations,
however, you can download a copy of this traning here.
(coming
soon.)
* The Legacy of Life website - please feel free to direct potential donor families to this website. There is an extensive "Family Resources" section of the website.
A Contract with Legacy of Life
If you are not already an ME partner with Legacy of Life, we would welcome the opportunity to meet with you to discuss how this partnership benefits your organization. We would welcome the opportunity to meet with you and your organization.
Click here to see
"10 Benefits
Your ME Office Gains Partnering with Legacy of Life."
Please contact us to set up a meeting to discuss how Legacy of Life can be your tissue donation partner.
