What does it take to be someone's hero? All you need is to sign the back of your driving license and you could become a hero by saving up to 8 lives and improving the lives of many more; as long as you are an organ donor. Organ donation has a negative connotation attached to its back. although many people in today's society believe that nothing wrong can happen in their life, but in reality we are not invincible and accidents happen and your time will end sooner or later. The act of organ donation is a compassionate and humane choice by a person. Transplantation is a modern medical marvel. Despite continuous advances in medicine and technology, the need for organs and tissues far exceeds the number available for transplants. You can give someone the greatest gift after leaving this earth: the gift of life. To understand why organ donation is so important, you need to understand what it is and how the process works. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, “organ donation occurs when someone who has died has previously given permission for their organs to be taken from their body and transplanted into that of someone else who has some type of of medical condition, and may not survive on their own (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services). Organ donation can provide a child with a life full of memories that would not have been possible on their own. You might think that the only way to save the lives of others is to donate blood, but many different organs and body parts can also save someone's life, including “heart, intestine, kidney, liver, lung, pancreas, pancreatic islet cells, heart valves”. , bones, skin, corneas, veins, cartilage and tendons” (United States...... middle of document ...... waiting list. The problem is that potential donors die without leaving the instructions they want be an organ donor. Each donor could improve the lives of up to fifty people. Everyone should sign up as an organ donor because the greatest gift you can give is the gift of life organ donation for transplantation.Nursing Standard/RCN Publishing, 27, 35-39Lustbader, D. (2014 Organ Donation: Practicalities and Ethical Conundrums.American Journal of Critical Care, 23, 81-84Goldstein, MJ, Lubezky, N. , Yushkov , Y., Bae, C. and Guarrera, JV (2012) Innovations in organ donation Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine, 79,351-355 Broeckx, N. (2013). Journal of Health Law, 41-62 Give the Gift of Life. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services