Heart-lung toolkits
View resources for heart- and lung-specific policies, calculators, and related educational resources.
Heart
Policy
- OPTN Policy 6: Allocation of hearts and heart-lungs
- OPTN heart resources
- Toolkits:
Professional education
Go to UNOS Connect to access educational offerings. Select “Heart” in the course catalog.
Patient education
Learn more about:
- a heart transplant on Transplant Living
- heart allocation on Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
Lung
Policy
- OPTN policies 6 and 10: Allocation of heart-lungs, and lungs
- OPTN lung resources
- Toolkit: Lung continuous distribution policy
Professional education
Oct 13, 2022 webinar: Lung allocation based on continuous distribution. To help lung transplant programs prepare for implementation of the lung allocation policy based on continuous distribution. The presentation reviewed the lung composite allocation score (CAS) and how it differs from the current lung allocation score (LAS). Watch webinar recording.
Go to UNOS Connect to access educational offerings. Select “Lung” in the course catalog.
Patient education
Learn about
- a lung transplant on Transplant Living
- lung allocation on Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
Allocation calculators
Lung Composite Allocation Score (Lung CAS) resources
- Questions and answers for patients and caregivers
- A Guide to Calculating the Lung Composite Allocation Score (Lung CAS)
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)