X-Message-Number: 16183 Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 10:16:15 -0700 From: "Jerry Lemler, M.D." <> Subject: Project Future Bound Takes Off Project Future Bound Takes Off: Initial Launch Site--Southern California by Jerry B. Lemler, M.D., Medical Director Alcor is pleased and excited to announce the development of an improved remote rescue operation, to be known as Project Future Bound. Planning of the logistics, (manpower, equipment, location sites, funding, etc.), has been underway for the better part of a month, in anticipation of a September start-up. The basic components of the plan will be outlined below, while the full details will appear on our website, (<http://www.alcor.org/>www.alcor.org), and in future publications. * * * * * Why Start Project Future Bound? As will be elucidated in the upcoming issue of Alcor s quarterly publication, our most recent suspension patient, (A-1705), got a first class ticket to the future by traveling to Phoenix five days prior to his first life cycle termination. True, he cut it precariously close, and realistically not everyone can be so fortunate. With Alcor s Cryotransport Team at his bedside, and given a fresh vascular bed to cannulate, as noted, A-1705 s case clearly demonstrates the viability of our new clinical neurovitrification procedures. Your Alcor staff desires nothing less than to be able to consistently deliver the very same level of service to our membership, allowing for time and distance factors. So, we asked ourselves, within our budgetary limits, how we could best shorten the time and shrink the distance. Our answer--Project Future Bound! This ambitious proposal will enhance Alcor s rescue capabilities manyfold, without compromising the safety of our current suspension patients. Since a plurality of our members live in Southern California, we ve decided to start Project Future Bound in the land of fun and sun. If the program proves to be a success, (and we trust it will), replication of these services will follow into additional major pockets of Alcor membership--and should also provide enticement for potential new signups. * * * * * So, What Exactly is Project Future Bound? Alcor has recruited and assembled a top-notch surgical team, based in Southern California, and we are scheduled to train and certify them, (along with the rest of our increasing number of expert physicians), in Scottsdale in early June. Concomitantly, we have secured a suitable West Coast location to store our equipment and perform our procedures. Between now and our anticipated September opening, we will be gearing up on the training of ancillary personnel, (professional and volunteer), as well as purchasing and re-configuring the requisite Cryosuspension equipment. When a Southern California member goes down, the Alcor team, (headed by an Alcor physician), will instantly spring into action. Our new patient should reach our facility expeditiously, where he/she will undergo surgery with a pliable vascular bed. In the first phase of Project Future Bound, our surgeons will perform cephalic isolation, carotid and vertebral artery cannulation, neuro washout for greater biological support and faster cooling. Once completed, the cephalon, securely packed in ice, will be transported to Alcor Central for the final phases of clinical cryoprotective vitrification, additional cooldown, and long-term care.. Care to Make a List? At some point in the not too distant future, our goal is to be able to completely vitrify our members, (neuro), as close to their homes as feasible. Naturally, this takes considerable finances, and manpower, and more finances, and vehicular support, and more finances, and expensive state-of-the-art equipment, and even more finances. Won t you help us out? If we only had just a few Oscar Schindlers, who would make a list--and save us all! If you would like to help make this a reality, please contact me at for more details. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=16183