X-Message-Number: 24791 From: "Joe Waynick" <> Subject: Full Service Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 16:57:35 -0700 Alcor considers itself a "full service" organization because it is currently the only organization that provides in-house standby, stabilization, transport, perfusion, cooling, and long-term care. In particular, the stabilization provided by Alcor consists of mechanical cardiopulmonary support and a sophisticated medication protocol with the goal of preserving brain viability by present-day criteria after the heart stops. The stabilization phase is considered crucial to the potential survivability of the patient by Alcor personnel and its medical and scientific advisors. Soon, Alcor will extend full standby benefits to all of its U.S. and Canadian based members as part of their standard membership package. No other organization provides such care. The fact that other organizations fail to admit to the importance of such in-house capabilities does not change the fact that they do not provide it. For more information, see the Procedures section of our website at: http://www.alcor.org/procedures.html. --jw CEO/President Alcor Life Extension Foundation 7895 E. Acoma Dr., Suite 110, Scottsdale AZ 85260-6916 Membership Information: (877) GO-ALCOR (462-5267) Phone (480) 905-1906 FAX (480) 922-9027 for general requests. Visit our website at: http://www.alcor.org or to subscribe to our monthly newsletter go to: http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/AlcorNews. The Alcor Life Extension Foundation was founded in 1972 as a non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, and has 65 patients in cryostasis. Alcor is the world's leading provider of professional cryotransport services with over 690 members who have pre-arranged for cryopreservation. Alcor's Emergency CryoTransport System (ECS) is a medical-style rescue network patterned after the Emergency Medical System (EMS). Alcor CryoTransport Technicians, as with EMTs and Paramedics on an ambulance, are advised by our Medical Director and Advisory Board consisting of MDs, PhDs, cryobiologists, scientists, and other members of the scientific research community who are Alcor members and/or contract physicians. Content-Type: text/html; [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=24791