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- New Discoveries in Cell Aging
- Eye Trials Give Hope for Stem Cells
- How Stem Cell Implants Help Heal Traumatic Brain Injury
- Victory For Crowdsourced Biomolecule Design
- New Approach to Preventing Fatal Septic Shock
- Alzheimer’s Damage Occurs Early
- Oxidative DNA Damage Repair
- Fight Aging!
- Chronosphere
- Cryonics “Castle”
- Doing the Time Warp
- Interventive Gerontology 1.0.02: First, Try to Make it to the Mean: Diet as a life extending tool, Part 3
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Tag Archives: Resuscitation
Experiment made on the mummy
As documented in David M. Friedman’s The Immortalists: Charles Lindbergh, Dr. Alexis Carrel, and Their Daring Quest to Live Forever, Lindbergh and Carrel considered the human body a living machine made of replaceable parts. A major reason why Carrel was … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexis Carrel, Charles Lindbergh, Death, Mummy, Perfusion, Resuscitation
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Cryonics sets example for emergency medicine
One of the most neglected aspects of cryonics is that its procedures, and the research to support them, can have important practical applications in mainstream fields such as organ preservation and emergency medicine. Contrary to popular opinion, cryonics does not … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics, Health
Tagged Cardiac Arrest, CPR, Cryonics, Emergency Medicine, EMS, Hypothermia, Mike Darwin, ResQPOD, Resuscitation, Vitrification
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Early total body washout experiments in cryonics
The question of whether cryonics “works” or not is too general and hides the point that progressive breakthroughs can make the concept more plausible. Human cryopreservation consists of a number of procedures culminating in long term care at cryogenic temperatures. … Continue reading
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Tagged Exsanguination, Hypothermia, Resuscitation, Total Blood Washout
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Blood flow during CPR and reperfusion injury
An important objective during stabilization of cryonics patients is restoring circulation of blood to the brain. In ideal cases, this can be achieved by aggressive mechanical cardiopulmonary support, hemodilution ,and administration of vasoactive medications. In not-so-ideal cases, one or more … Continue reading
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Tagged CPR, Cryonics, Free Radicals, Oxidative Stress, Resuscitation, Transport
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Cerebral blood flow during and after cardiac arrest
As discussed in a previous post, perfusion of the brain following long-term (>5 min) ischemia has been shown to be significantly compromised, particularly in subcortical regions. An interesting recent article by Ristagno, et. al in Resuscitation (May 2008) has added … Continue reading
Posted in Neuroscience, Science
Tagged Blood Pressure, Brain, Cardiac Arrest, Chest Compressions, CPR, Cryonics, Ischemia, Resuscitation
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Life not death
The idea that cryonics does not involve the freezing of “dead” people but is form of low temperature care to prevent death is almost as old as the idea of cryonics itself. In May 1968, Cryonics Reports, the publication of … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics, Death
Tagged Cryonics, Cryonics Society Of New York, Death, Medicine, Resuscitation
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H.P. Lovecraft and the science of resuscitation
H.P. Lovecraft’s Herbert West is a man of science, not superstition. Following Ernst Haeckel, he believes that “all life is a chemical and psychical process,” that the soul is “a myth,” and that “unless actual decomposition has set in, a … Continue reading
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Tagged Death, H.P. Lovecraft, Herbert West, Reanimation, Resuscitation
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Sustained abdominal compression
Conventional CPR typically generates around one-third to one-fourth of normal cardiac output, which is not sufficient to meet cerebral energy demands. In cryonics patients, cardiac output may be further compromised because many patients are atherosclerotic and/or have gone through a … Continue reading
End tidal carbon dioxide monitoring in cryonics
The best non-invasive indicator of cardiac output and oxygenation during cardiopulmonary support (CPS) is end tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2). ETCO2 is the partial pressure of carbon dioxide (CO2) at the end of an exhaled breath. Until recently, cryonics standby kits … Continue reading
Intranasal administration of vasoactive agents
Stabilization in cryonics requires immediate administration of vasoactive medications to maintain blood pressure, thereby assisting and enabling adequate perfusion during cardiopulmonary support. Traditionally, vasopressors such as epinephrine have been administered intravenously, requiring skilled technicians to establish an IV line as … Continue reading