when you die but want to be an organ doner do your organs not shut down before you can give them up?

Question: when you die but want to be an organ doner do your organs not shut down before you can give them up?
- Keywords:
  human body,
  organ,
  organ donor
Asked by anon-347402 on 9 Feb 2023.
- Katy Bruce answered on 9 Feb 2023:
  
  Hi, sorry for the late reply, I hope you get this message.
  
  I’m not a doctor so I can’t say for sure but I’m pretty certain that you are kept alive on a machine until your organs can be harvested. I’m on the organ donor register, I think it’s a good thing to do 😊

Question: when you die but want to be an organ doner do your organs not shut down before you can give them up?