Pre-reading questions:
- Are you living a healthy lifestyle?
- How do you keep yourself healthy?
- What are the common illnesses that you know?
Lung transplant is a dangerous operation. Doctors need to finish the process within six hours before the lungs become damaged. A new process was discovered called Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP). The lungs are taken out from the donor and put on ice. After being delivered to the hospital, the lungs go through EVLP. The process warms up the lungs by pumping oxygen to the lungs. The process keeps the lungs alive for up to 12 hours.
Vocabulary:
transplant – [verb] to transfer from one place to another
perfusion – [noun] the injection of fluid into a blood vessel
donor – [noun] someone who gives blood or tissue to be used in another person
pump – [verb] to inject
oxygen – [noun] a chemical found in the air and is important to life
True or False:
- Lung transplant is a dangerous operation.
- Doctors need to finish the process within ten hours before the lungs become damaged.
- A new process was discovered called Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP).
- The lungs are delivered to the hospital and go through EVLP. The process freezes up the lungs.
- The process keeps the lungs alive for up to 18 hours.