... able to start a new life. Suzie Q decided to participate in cryonic suspension and spent her life savings to pay for the freezing process. Five years later, Suzie Q died. The cryonics team flew her to an Alcor Life Extension Foundation where she was frozen. Suzie Q's family did not know about her plans and were extremely upset because they felt it was impossible ... a thermos, and put into cold storage. "This flask is continuously being filled with liquid nitrogen because the nitrogen is evaporating continuously to keep the temperature low" (Cryonic). The cryonic medical team will only ...

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... the surgeon doesn't meet the deadline, the patient is declared dead. Finally, a heart-lung bypass machine is used to restart the blood flow and warm the patient up. The medical team will try to keep the patient slightly cooler than normal, at around 92°F, for 12 hours. If that doesn't succeed then the patient is declared dead. Then an attempt will ... many steps where the surgeons can screw up and the patient can end up dead, but if the procedure is successful then they have, in essence, saved someone's life and brought them back from the dead. This procedure has the potential to do am...

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