Podcast: conversations about donation
In the podcast series 'Straight from the Heart', professionals talk about a donation conversation that has stayed with them.
Host Zegert van der Linde questions the professionals: what happened in this conversation or procedure, and why did this specific conversation make an impression? What did they learn from these conversations that might also be instructive for other professionals?
Donation professionals have their say
The series covers various topics, such as living donation, tissue donation, organ donation after euthanasia, and a child as a donor. You will hear from intensivists, organ donation coordinators, a medical social worker, and a donation coordinator.
The series inspires, encourages reflection, and provides a sense of pride for all those driven professionals who, with respect for donors and surviving relatives, dedicate themselves to organ and tissue donation.
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- Each episode lasts about 15 minutes
- The podcast can be listened to via Spotify and Apple Podcasts
Podcast series
#1: ODC Teun Bezema on taking the time for a good conversation with a family
Teun Bezema is involved in donation procedures as an organ donation coordinator. He talks about a conversation with a family that was going through a very difficult time. How do you handle that as an ODC, when do you end a procedure? How do you listen? And what can extra time actually bring?
#2: Donation intensivist Laura van Haaften on considering the impact of donation on the family
As a donation intensivist, Laura van Haaften finds it important to keep in mind the impact organ donation has on surviving relatives. Which choices are good to present to a family, and which choice can you make for them?
#3: ODC Shalina Katerberg on the impact of a child as a donor
Shalina Katerberg is involved in donation procedures as an organ donation coordinator. When a child under 18 is eligible for organ donation, it is extra intense. How do you guide a family in the best possible way as an ODC, and what does that do to a medical professional?
#4: Medical Social Worker Gerben van den Bosch on a special conversation about living kidney donation
Gerben van den Bosch is a medical social worker who speaks with people who want to donate an organ while living. What does he look for in these types of conversations? He talks about a special conversation that has stayed with him even 10 years later.
#5: Christiaan Kies on conversations about tissue donation: are they different from organ donation?
Christiaan Kies participated in the Tissue Donation Coordinator pilot. In this role, he conducted donation conversations over the phone. He discusses a special conversation about a family that was difficult to trace. How do conversations about tissue donation go, and what makes these conversations different from or the same as conversations about organ donation?
#6: Donation intensivist Mathilde Slabbekoorn on donation conversations involving cultural diversity
Mathilde Slabbekoorn is a donation intensivist and therefore conducts many donation conversations with people from diverse cultural backgrounds. What makes these conversations special? She discusses a conversation with the family of a potential donor where the family held different viewpoints.
#7: ODC Karin Beer on discussing organ donation after euthanasia
Karin Beer is involved in donation procedures as an organ donation coordinator. She discusses the first time she was involved in organ donation after euthanasia. A special procedure, because here you speak not only to the family but also to the donor themselves. What made an impression on her?
#8: Donation coordinator Gideon Groenenberg on discussing concerns regarding donation
Gideon Groenenberg is a donation coordinator and ICU nurse. He was involved with a patient who was medically eligible for donation. To Gideon's surprise, the donation conversation revealed that the family did not want donation. He entered into the conversation again to hear what the concerns were.
#9: Rianne on the emotions after her father's death
In this podcast, Rianne talks about her father's organ donation. Her father had been ill for years, but when he collapsed while playing billiards, it was still unexpected.
Organ donation came up when it became clear that he would not recover. How did Rianne and her brother experience the procedure? What did they find helpful and what was difficult? And what advice does Rianne have for medical professionals who deal with organ or tissue donation?
#10: Gerda on the organ donation of her daughter
Gerda's daughter ends up in the hospital with a brain hemorrhage. It soon becomes clear that there is so much brain damage that intervention is futile. However, organ donation is still possible, in order to help others. Gerda talks about the procedure, what she found difficult, and what was comforting.