Uncontrolled organ donation following prehospital XXXX : a potential solution to the shortage of organ donors in the United Kingdom?

@entity1 @entity204 @entity30322 @entity1167
Uncontrolled donation after @entity204 (DCD) could increase the donor pool in the UK. Air ambulance (AA) teams may be well placed to recruit these donors. They cover large geographical areas, have short transfer times and tasked predominantly to life-threatening cases. The potential to recruit from this pool of donors was reviewed. Seventy-five month activity of an AA unit was analysed identifying @entity1 who entered prehospital @entity1167 (PHCA). @entity1 over 70 years of age were excluded as were those whose @entity1167 was unwitnessed. A minimum potential donor pool was estimated based upon @entity1 dying of medical causes. Rates of bystander resuscitation, mechanism of @entity204 and @entity1 demographic data were observed. During 10,022 missions 534 @entity1 entered @entity30322 . A total of 106 @entity1 met inclusion criteria. There were 12 paediatric cases; 39 cases of 17-50 year olds and 55 cases of 50-70 year olds. Medical and traumatic causes of @entity204 accounted for 60 and 46 cases respectively. Bystander resuscitation efforts were provided in 47% of cases. A regional AA could contribute to a national uncontrolled DCD programme. Given that there are 31 AA's in England and Wales, we estimate that there could be a minimum of 300 additional potential donors annually.
