X-Message-Number: 7176 Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 10:08:52 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Platt <> Subject: Brief response To Steve Bridge: I think the term "management experience" usually implies "a managerial position in a business," which suggests something entrepreneurial. Of course, others may disagree. But my friends in nonprofit organizations such as ACLU certainly don't talk about having management experience, while my corporate friends do, and I don't think any CEO of a cryonics organization (including CryoCare) currently has this kind of background. To Bob Ettinger: Bob said he thought there are states other than Michigan where there are laws prohibiting non-morticians from conducting procedures on patients declared legally dead. I asked which other states these might be (which seems rather a vital question). Bob chose not to reply. Bob also talked about creating a global network of affiliated morticians. I asked which countries might be involved. Again, no reply. In addition Bob suggested that it is better to conduct perfusion promptly, in the field, rather than move the patient to a properly equipped facility. I asked if he has any medical data to back this up; in particular, whether there are any known problems associated with using Viaspan as an organ preservation solution during transport of the patient. In response, Bob basically says it costs less to do perfusion in the field. But this is quite different from his original statement. I hate to be a bore about this, but my questions were of obvious interest to anyone who is serious about cryonics, and could have been answered in about 10 to 20 words, total. If rather sweeping generalizations are going to be made about rather vital topics, isn't it reasonable to expect some substantiation? Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=7176