CI Case 242
Cryonics Institute Case Report for Patient Number 242
CI patient #242 was a 75 year old male from Minnesota. The patient was a CI member at the time of his death. The patient was also an active member of Minnesota Cryonics Rapid Response, which provides initial cryonics support.
The patient had a stroke (bleeding in the right side of his brain) at his home on the morning of May 26th. The patient was quickly transported to the hospital. However, the bleeding was so severe, that there was nothing the doctors could do to save him. The patient was removed from life support and died in the hospital on the 27th, at 2:50pm CST. Members of Minnesota Cryonics Rapid Response were present when life support was removed and they promptly applied their procedures, which included cardio pulmonary support, prompt cooling in an ice bath and the administration of heparin, sodium citrate and antacid. The patient was transported to the cooperating funeral home where cooling continued. No flights were available for the evening of the 27th, so a flight was booked for the morning of the 28th. Problems at the airport during check in forced the patient to miss the early flight. The patient had to be re-booked on a later flight for the same day.
The patient arrived at the CI facility at 8:20pm on the 28th. The nasal temperature of the patient was .5c.
Because the patient had a brain hemorrhage, burr holes were used to monitor the brain for possible edema and prevent any pressure from building up. The perfusion was started at 9:30pm. The perfusion was completed at 11:20pm. During the perfusion there were 8 liters of 30% Eg solution used, and 60 liters of 70% VM1 solution used. The final refractive index of the effluents exiting the right jugular vein was 1.4244. The final refractive index of the effluents exiting the left jugular vein was 1.4085. It was difficult to take samples from the left side of the patient because the jugular vein retracted into the patient’s neck. The average perfusion pressure was held at 105mm and metal cannulas were used. Flow rate started at .62 liters per minute and was reduced to 0.60 liters per minute by the end of the perfusion. The nasal temperature was -9.7c at the end of the perfusion. A full body perfusion was performed.
There were no blood clots noted during the perfusion. There was no distention of the abdomen, and bronzing of the skin was visible through the body and on all extremities except for the feet.
The patient was then transferred to the computer controlled cooling chamber to cool to liquid nitrogen temperature. The human vitrification program was selected and the time needed to cool the patient to liquid nitrogen temperature was five days and 12 hours. The patient was then placed in a cryostat for long-term cryonic storage.