Medical Professionals

The Living Legacy Foundation works with healthcare professionals at the 35 hospitals throughout our service region to ensure a greater understanding of organ and tissue donation, and the importance it serves in saving and enhancing lives.

LLF partners with hospitals to educate staff about best practices for the donation process, from referral to recovery. Our collaborative approach and continued education ensures the donation process is not just simply understood, but embraced, making certain every family is given the option of donation.
We welcome the opportunity to partner with your healthcare team and share data and outcomes on donation opportunities. Other support we provide includes:

Referral and organ donation conversion rates
Resources for development of policies and protocols
Information to assist with The Joint Commission accreditation
In-depth education on a variety of topics, including
    o Process of Organ Donation
    o Process of Tissue Donation
    o Brain Death Declaration
    o Management of the Consented Organ Donor in the Critical Care Setting
    o Donation After Cardiac Death Protocol
    o Organ and Tissue Recovery (Hospital Operating Room Staff)
    o Family Advocacy Program
    o How to Give Bad News- effective communication with families in grief
o First Person Authorization

To reach the Hospital Services Coordinator for your hospital, please contact us at hospitalservices@thellf.org or 410-242-7000.