Children cannot receive the heart of an adult.
The heart must come from another child who dies.
Getting the parents to agree to organ donation in such a situation is difficult.
- You have to carry out one of the most difficult conversations in your career and then it is difficult to reach the parents in their shock.
Fredrik Hugosson highlights the importance of creating a contact with the relatives.
- You have to try to get to know the family and not stress and like to have several conversations.
You have to be clear that their child has died, which can be very difficult.
Fredrik Hugosson has drawn up a bullet list that will be implemented in healthcare in the future so that more organ donations can be carried out in the future.
Education, support, experienced staff and not stressing are important elements in getting more people to agree to donate their child's organs.
Hear more about how organ donations will increase in the future in the video above.