X-Message-Number: 31904 Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:06:40 +0000 (UTC) From: Melody%20Maxim <> Subject: Alcor's Response Team and Competence ------=_Part_202042_1469549302.1251371200640 In regard to Robert Newport's recent post, regarding Alcor's response to Russell Cheney : The fact that a handful of Alcor's personnel were polite and unruffled, on the telephone, when being awakened at 1:00am, does nothing to prove the competence of the Alcor "emergency response " team, (unless you are limitingA "emergency response" to handling telephone calls). A Can anyone Alcor would have sent perform a good femoral cannulation, in minutes, o r wouldA someone have blundered about, for hours, maybe not even beingA capable of finding A the femorals, much less proper ly cannulating them? Would a qualified perfusionist have shown up, or might the patient have been subjected to unnecessary harm caused by the improper use of a perfusion circuit ? These are just two key questions, there are many others. I recently asked, on Cold Filter, if Alcor currently has standby capability, or if they a re currently totally dependent on Suspended Animation, (a company that has proven itself to be grossly incompetent, in my opinion), for remote cases . Thus far, there has been no answer to that question. Judging by past comments on Cold Filter, Alcor would prefer questions be asked by telephone. Why is that? So there won't be a written record of the conversation? Having spent nearly a decade in operating rooms, as a medical professional, IA would advise people to A notA mistake politeness, or a good "bedside manner," for competence in performing advanced medical procedures. Melody Maxim ------=_Part_202042_1469549302.1251371200640 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=31904