Heart-lung toolkits
View resources for heart and lung-specific policies, calculators, and related educational resources.
- Pediatric heart allocation education (toolkit)
Lung Allocation Score (LAS) resources
- Narrated, animated video describes, in plain language, the Lung Allocation Score
- A Guide to Calculating the Lung Allocation Score (brochure, updated 11/2021)
To learn more organ facts about the heart or lungs, visit our Transplant Living website.
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