{"id":6241,"date":"2015-01-22T13:17:11","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T13:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/?p=6241"},"modified":"2015-01-22T13:17:11","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T13:17:11","slug":"myths-about-organ-donation-and-its-relation-to-ems-debunked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/myths-about-organ-donation-and-its-relation-to-ems-debunked\/","title":{"rendered":"Myths about organ donation, and its relation to EMS, debunked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"http:\/\/WFSB.images.worldnow.com\/interface\/js\/WNVideo.js?rnd=613039;hostDomain=www.wfsb.com;playerWidth=630;playerHeight=385;isShowIcon=true;clipId=11058480;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=Video%2520Player;advertisingZone=;enableAds=true;landingPage=;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript;controlsType=fixed\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><a title=\"WFSB 3 Connecticut\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wfsb.com\">WFSB 3 Connecticut<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"WNStoryDateline\">HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Organ donation is a popular topic, however there are some myths that may keep people from joining the registry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Organ donors can change the lives of so many people in need.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cA gift of medicine, that only a person can give,\u201d said Caitlyn Bernabucci, of Life Choice Donor Services. \u201cJust one donor can help more than 50 people through the gift of organs and tissues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said the need is great right now, and that about 21 people die every day waiting for a transplant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Still, more than half of Connecticut residents are not signed up for the donor registry, and Bernabucci said some damaging misconceptions are to blame.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe want to make sure people understand the facts,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first misconception is that organs will be taken before the person is actually dead, but that simply is not the case. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wfsb.com\/story\/27908681\/myths-about-organ-donation-debunked\">Read the whole story here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WFSB 3 Connecticut HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) &#8211; Organ donation is a popular topic, however there are some myths that may keep people from joining the registry. Organ donors can change the lives of so many people in need. \u201cA gift &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/myths-about-organ-donation-and-its-relation-to-ems-debunked\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[117,43,46],"tags":[357,133,134,113],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6241"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6241"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6243,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6241\/revisions\/6243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}