There are what we call OPOs, or organ procurement organizations. There are like 50, at least int he US. If you are in the US, and have certified skills that could help these, often you will receive scouting materials, you can also contact UNOS for information about ones local to you.
He’s a surgical laser technician now, he works for one company and gets lent out to hospitals to assist. No idea what company he works for specifically, he lives on the opposite coast and their medical networks are completely different from the ones here. The company I know by name for similar gigs is Agiliti.
Now for gathering eyes from cadavers the positions you’re looking for are in “organ procurement.”
In another life I worked for a nuclear pharmacy and met a lot of the other medical but not medical folks over the years.
Apply for it like any other job. It helps to live near an Eye Bank or organ donation center.
Job posting from the Eye Bank Association of America (other countries and companies abroad are party of the EBAA not just for those in the USA):
https://ebaa.users.membersuite.com/community/career-center/gateway
I had a buddy just out of college who had a job like this. He said the job was shit because he spent most of his time driving between different sites to extract and deliver organs. He never said much about dealing with the recently deceased, that part didn’t seem to bother him much, but traffic would set the dude off.
I know you are getting briggaded, but I also know for a fact you are at least partially right.
My partner has a surgery dependent on a “very recent” donor being the requirement, not alive but like, about as close as you can get. It wasn’t looking, good and I was considering taking out ads targeting 18-24 year old about how cool it is to ride motorcycles without helmets, but then we got lucky, so no need.
Recency is a big thing. When my mom died, they put like a cooling pack on her eyes to help preserve them in the like hour or two they needed to determine if she could donate them.
And I thought my job sucks at times. Sounds like a walk in the park compared to “eyeball remover”. Yeesh.
How on Earth do you get that job? Like can I apply? I’m fascinated by the idea that a profession.
There are what we call OPOs, or organ procurement organizations. There are like 50, at least int he US. If you are in the US, and have certified skills that could help these, often you will receive scouting materials, you can also contact UNOS for information about ones local to you.
A friend did it for a while, he runs a laser in surgery now and is much happier. He started as a mortician.
Do you know what his job title is?
He’s a surgical laser technician now, he works for one company and gets lent out to hospitals to assist. No idea what company he works for specifically, he lives on the opposite coast and their medical networks are completely different from the ones here. The company I know by name for similar gigs is Agiliti.
Now for gathering eyes from cadavers the positions you’re looking for are in “organ procurement.”
In another life I worked for a nuclear pharmacy and met a lot of the other medical but not medical folks over the years.
Popeye.
😂
You can freelance with an ice cream scoop pretty easy.
Apply for it like any other job. It helps to live near an Eye Bank or organ donation center. Job posting from the Eye Bank Association of America (other countries and companies abroad are party of the EBAA not just for those in the USA): https://ebaa.users.membersuite.com/community/career-center/gateway
I had a buddy just out of college who had a job like this. He said the job was shit because he spent most of his time driving between different sites to extract and deliver organs. He never said much about dealing with the recently deceased, that part didn’t seem to bother him much, but traffic would set the dude off.
It’s telling that even his dream job (security contractor in DRC) is very corpse-adjacent.
Doesn’t sound too bad, you just need a spoon and a little effort and you too can become an eyeball remover
Chilis, sand, bleach, a spoon
Sorry for the poor life choices Vance, but this immediately came into my head… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVyS9JwtFoQ
Pretty sure the body still has to be alive for most organ donation… but maybe I’m wrong when it comes to eyes…
But it sounds sketchy as fuck.
Who told you such a horrific thing? They take organs out after death yo. Here’s some info sorta talking about this.
Legal operators do this
Thanks! Sounds like about a day for most of them. So you do need someone recently dead
I know you are getting briggaded, but I also know for a fact you are at least partially right.
My partner has a surgery dependent on a “very recent” donor being the requirement, not alive but like, about as close as you can get. It wasn’t looking, good and I was considering taking out ads targeting 18-24 year old about how cool it is to ride motorcycles without helmets, but then we got lucky, so no need.
Being downvoted after saying something stupid is not what brigading means.
Recency is a big thing. When my mom died, they put like a cooling pack on her eyes to help preserve them in the like hour or two they needed to determine if she could donate them.
You couldn’t be wronger