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David Blythe

David Blythe

State Medical Director at DonateLife WA; intensive care physician and hospital leader in Western Australia

Jul 26, 2026

Keeping up with the PaSCE

Keeping up with the PaSCE

Episode 20: Tissue and Organ Donation- DonateLife

Jul 26 · 34m

TimHOST
25:02
How do you manage expectations?
David Blythe
David BlytheGUEST
25:07
That's another good question.
David Blythe
David BlytheGUEST
25:10
So I think when talking to donor families, One of our main jobs is the provision of information.
David Blythe
David BlytheGUEST
25:23
And as I say, information is a little bit lacking out there.
David Blythe
David BlytheGUEST
25:27
It's an issue that doesn't get talked about a lot.
David Blythe
David BlytheGUEST
25:29
There are some myths and misunderstandings around organ donation.
David Blythe
David BlytheGUEST
25:32
So I think the first part of managing people's expectations is to provide them with the correct information.
TimHOST
28:37
Do you have a particular case that sticks with you, David, that you can talk about?

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