Podcast 052 – Organ Donation and Brain Death in the ED - a podcast by Scott D. Weingart, MD FCCM

Organ Donation in the Emergency Department

Though it may not seem as important as some of the things we do in ED Critical Care, managing the potential organ donor can lead to many lives saved. In this episode I interview Isaac Tawil, an Emergency Intensivist of University of New Mexico Health Sciences and associate medical director of New Mexico Organ Donor Services.

Here are the current standards for determining brain death

Wijdicks et al. Evidence-based guideline update: Determining Brain Death in Adults

Brain Death Checklist

brain death statement

What to Exclude

J Crit Care 2019;53:212

Here is a video of Dr. Tawil demonstrating the brain death exam



EMCrit Site Links



* Brain Death(Opens in a new browser tab)



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