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Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 06:55:19 -0800 (PST)
From: Christine Gaspar <>
Subject: a practical problem

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Hi all. I am posting this question / idea to anyone out there who is involved in
physically suspending people. One technical problem our local group in Toronto 
has been wrestling with is the problem of incontinence (urinary and rectal), in 
the ice water bath during the first phase of suspension / cooling. I have given 
this some thought, knowing what equipment is available to the medical community.
For those of you who don't know me yet, I am a registered nurse who works in a 
large emergency department in Toronto, Ontario. 

I want to pose 2 ideas I have first to gauge from this audience if they think 
they are feasible, and secondly to see if they have been tried before. 

The first idea that came to mind was using a Foley catheter in the bladder to 
drain urine into a bag. A similar device (a rubber tube with an inflatable 
balloon on the end) could be used in the rectum to block the passage (utilizing 
the balloon), thus preventing big messes. The end could be clamped off to 
prevent any drainage. 

Then a second idea occurred to me this morning. Why not glue these orifices 
shut? We have very strong "Dermabond" at work which is a type of organic Krazy 
Glue. Its primary use is to close wounds as an alternative to sutures. I'm quite
sure any technology sufficiently sophisticated to restore health to the 
cryopreserved could certainly un-glue these parts. I'm pretty sure that once the
glue bonds it is resistant to moisture. It also bonds in about 3 or 4 minutes.

I hope to hear back from anyone who may have some feedback about these ideas. I 
know it isn't as scintillating as tensor calculus, but it is to achieve a better
suspension, which is what we all want. 
Christine Gaspar 
 




I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it 
through not dying. 
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