The Toronto local response group had its 3rd meeting on December 21. The group now has 14 members. Its purpose is to assist in cryonics cases in the Toronto...
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Jan 6, 2003 3:13 am
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As many of you know, I am a registered nurse who works in a North Toronto ER. I have committed myself to creating a "package" of information that can be given...
I was glad to see Christine posting her message on this list. Thanks in large part to the efforts of Bruce Waugh and our first cryopreservation case the TLG...
Ben Best
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Jan 11, 2003 12:18 pm
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Many of us in the TLG have been reflecting on our experience in the first Toronto cryonics case. One issue of concern to me is that I was displeased with the...
Ben Best
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Jan 11, 2003 12:37 pm
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What about cooling a patient with cold intravenous fluids, or a machine that could cycle the patient's blood through it, thus washing out the body, and...
... Yes, Christine, cooling the patient with an extracorporal closed-circuit perfusion attached to a heat-exchanger cools much more rapidly than an ice-bath....
Ben Best
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Jan 12, 2003 2:29 am
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I think that a thin plastic bag enclosing the body could cling to the skin and not be a barrier to the ice bath, as long as most of the air is removed. ...
One problem that I see with an extracorporal closed-circuit perfusion attached to a heat-exchanger is that it may increase the viscosity of the cryoprotectant....
Gary Tripp
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Jan 12, 2003 5:07 am
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Maybe I was not clear enough, Gary. The discussion of an extracorporeal circuit and heat-exchanger in this case was in reference a faster cool-down than is...
Ben Best
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Jan 12, 2003 12:09 pm
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Hi Ben, My concern was in reference to Christine's idea which ... What of the possibility of cooling oxygen before forcing it into the air passages. Lungs have...
Gary Tripp
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Jan 12, 2003 6:39 pm
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In an advisory from Brian Wowk, it would appear that the heat capacity of air, for the use of cooling the lungs, is too low to be effective. /gary ... From:...
Gary Tripp
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Jan 12, 2003 11:07 pm
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Hi all; Don't know if this has come your way as yet. ... world move beyond terrorism and war. ... 21 Judy Rebick, CAW-Sam Gindin Chair, Social Justice &...
CSC is not the place for discussions of war politics IMHO /gary ... From: Shannon Foskett To: tta-talk@yahoogroups.com ;...
Gary Tripp
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Jan 14, 2003 6:24 am
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I agree Gary. We earlier had a posting by a New-Ager trying to sell some occult product (I can't remember the details) and Ken Wolfe removed the person from...
Ben Best
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Jan 14, 2003 10:03 am
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I thought this list was moderated? It's certainly exclusive in that membership is not open to the general public. /gary ... From: "Ben Best"...
Gary Tripp
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Jan 14, 2003 3:39 pm
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... I wanted to take this opportunity to clear up a couple of points regarding the CSC mailing list. The first is to echo what has already been said, that we...
Ken Wolfe
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Jan 14, 2003 10:47 pm
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I want to pick-up on a thread that was dropped in a personal dialogue between Gary Tripp and Keith Henson -- namely the idea of using dry ice or liquid ...
Ben Best
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Jan 16, 2003 2:07 am
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I have suggested the tympanic thermometer simply because it is easy, readily available, and it measures the temperature at the tympanic membrane in the ear,...
A couple of years ago I asked Guy Desrosiers if he would be President of the Cryonics Society of Canada. I did so because he has been a strong booster of...
Ben Best
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Jan 18, 2003 12:46 pm
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Ben needs to create a list of nominations for CSC President. Every post to the CSC Yahoo newsgroup needs a link to the CSC homepage via a signature line. The...
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Jan 18, 2003 3:50 pm
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Hi Ben, I'm agnostic here unless Keith has something to add here (?). I think the main concern was the availability of obtaining ice. It was thought that...
Gary Tripp
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Jan 19, 2003 2:50 am
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I don't think I have enough experience Christine Gaspar Ben Best <BENBEST@...> wrote: A couple of years ago I asked Guy Desrosiers if he would be...
Gary, you are expressing concern here for an entirely different matter than you did in the discussion with Keith earlier in the TLG distribution list. Yes, I...
Ben Best
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Jan 19, 2003 1:42 pm
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Thanks for considering being President, Christine. I think that you would be a terrific President, but I am surprised at the reason you gave for not thinking ...
Ben Best
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Jan 19, 2003 1:55 pm
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I never thought of myself as a good public speaker. I am flattered with your faith in me. If no one else wants the position, with more cryonics knowledge and ...
It makes infinitely good sense to me to have an individual such as Christine as a public spokesperson given that cryonics is, in a sense, a natural extension...
Gary Tripp
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Jan 19, 2003 4:52 pm
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It sounds like you are saying that you will accept the job as President, Christine, and I think this is a big plus for CSC. Your role as spokesperson can be...
Ben Best
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Jan 20, 2003 12:28 am
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Hello All, I agree with Gary and Ben. I am supporting Christine as a President of CSC. Have a great day! Corina ... === message truncated === ...
Hello Everybody, For what it's worth, I would also like to show my support of Christine as President, and possibly a clone of her as vice president. No...
Sam Park
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Jan 20, 2003 7:22 pm
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Hello Everybody, For what it's worth, I would also like to show my support of Christine as President, and possibly a clone of her as vice president. No...
