X-Message-Number: 7123 Date: Fri, 08 Nov 96 11:12:03 From: Steve Bridge <> Subject: Re: cryonics on ER To CryoNet >From Steve Bridge November 8, 1996 In reply to: Message #7121 Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1996 23:25:42 -0500 From: Brent Fox <> Subject: ER I also saw the ER episode with cryonics in it. I am a bit more positive about a couple of aspects of the episode: 1) the dying old man had a wife already in suspension whom he wanted to join. That emphasizes the family aspects of cryonics; you don't have to make some journey alone. 2) When the nurse informed the head doctor that she had been asked by a friend of the deanimated patient to pack this person in ice and call the cryonics company, she then asked if she should really do that. The doctor answered (more or less) "Sure, of course." While the treatment was dumb in a lot of ways (they proudly packed the patient in ice -- *except for his head!*), in another way it was good. It was *matter-of-fact.* Yes, this is just another unusual thing you might see in the Emergency Room; but it is within the realm of normality. You don't have to call the hospital attorneys and turn it into an incident. You just deal with it, do what the patient wanted, and go on to the next patient. The blandness of it all is almost a positive. Steve Bridge Stephen Bridge, President () Alcor Life Extension Foundation Non-profit cryonic suspension services since 1972. 7895 E. Acoma Dr., Suite 110, Scottsdale AZ 85260-6916 Phone (602) 922-9013 (800) 367-2228 FAX (602) 922-9027 for general requests http://www.alcor.org Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=7123