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?


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