X-Message-Number: 8351 From: Aristotle Jones <> Newsgroups: sci.cryonics Subject: Suspended Animation Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 22:51:33 -0700 Message-ID: <> Hi, I found the "Suspended Animation for delayed resuscitation" article in a local hospital library. It was a product of the International Resuscitation Research Conference of May 1994 at the University of Pittsburg and was supported by a grant from the US Army, Laerdal and Baxter. The participants included heart surgeons, combat casualty epidemiologists, researchers in cryodogs, electric anesthesia theorists, investigators of hibernating animals, hypoxia-tolerant humans, and transplant specialists. Basically, both army and civilian doctors found that wounded patients from hostile environments fell into two categories, those who died within the first five minutes or those who had minor injuries, and could be given first aid. The distribution was bimodal, not a bell curve. This would apply to airline crashes and bombing victims as well as combat casualties. With severe, multiple injuries, the Golden hour isn't enough anymore. Army Trauma surgeons found that there was not enough time to repair interdependent systems even after the patient arrived in the operating room. They needed some way to preserve vital systems after the heart stopped, till resuscitation was viable. They found that they needed to preserve the tissues of a pulseless patient for about three hours to be able to repair severe injuries. Presently, suspended animation of one hour is possible without new basic knowledge. While some of their ideas had yet to be proven, if research into short term rapid whole body cooling [~10C] is successful, we can imagine triage teams adding a new category to their protocol…freezing those who before were beyond hope. This could spawn applications in longer term preservation or human hibernation. <*>aj Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=8351