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Is skin considered to be a tissue? If yes, how?

Skin is considered an organ because it meets the definition of an organ, which is a group of related cells
that combine together to perform one or more specific functions within the body. Skin performs several
functions vital to the survival and health of the body, so deserves the label of organ. It protects most of
the body's other vital organs, as well as its bones, muscles, ligaments and nerves, by acting as an
envelope to contain them.

In my opinion, with no training involved, the human skin is an organ. Organs are defined as multiple
tissues coming together to perform a function. Tissues are composed of groups of cells that work
together to perform the same function. For example, the dermis is made up of hair follicles, nerves,
sweat glands, etc, and they are all different types of cells which work together to function as the dermis
of the skin.

How is skin and tissue kept "alive" during/until a graft?

Cadaveric skin is not a permanent solution; it is just there as a band-aid of sorts, to cover the burned
area until it heals. If the victim’s skin is completely burned away, the donor skin will cover the under
tissues and help prevent infection as well as fluid and heat loss until enough of the patient’s own burned
skin has healed enough to be taken for grafting to the destroyed areas.

When skin is taken off of a burn patient to be grafted onto themselves, it is used almost right away. It is
put through a simple meshing machine that kind of pinches the skin, creating a mesh pattern that allows
for more burned area to be covered with each piece of skin. That process only takes a few minutes.