{"id":1699,"date":"2014-04-23T17:35:07","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T07:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryonicsservicesaustralia.com\/csa\/?p=1699"},"modified":"2014-04-25T17:37:13","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T07:37:13","slug":"aaron-drake-alcor-training-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryonicsservicesaustralia.com\/csa\/aaron-drake-alcor-training-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Drake, Alcor’s Medical Response Director, Training Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Judging from the feedback, the training visit by Aaron Drake, Alcor’s<\/a> Medical Response Director, went exceedingly well.\u00a0 The aim was primarily to provide training for professionals and laypersons on the newer techniques for partial vitrification prior to transportation to the cryonics facility.\u00a0 These new methods allow patients to be brought down to dry ice temperatures (about -78 degrees C) and be partially vitrified.\u00a0 Vitrification is a low temperature glass-like state which retains cell and organ structure with minimal damaging ice formation. This dry ice temperature state allows up to two weeks of traveling time enabling the patient to be transported overseas or the vast distances within Australia with virtually no deterioration.\u00a0 Full vitrification may then be conducted at the destination point facility.<\/p>\n

\"Phil<\/a>

Phil and myself introducing Aaron<\/p><\/div>\n

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The event was a very successful collaboration between Cryonics Association of Australia<\/a> (CAA) and Stasis Systems Australia<\/a> (SSA) and, of course,\u00a0all the others who had donated to make it possible.\u00a0 I coordinated the event wearing my SSA Director’s hat for SSA, and Philip Rhoades, the Executive Officer of CAA and a Director of Neural Archive Foundation<\/a> (NAF), coordinated for CAA.<\/p>\n

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\"Aaron<\/a>

Aaron Drake at the laypersons session<\/p><\/div>\n

The main sessions were over two days with additional feedback periods over the next couple of days, together with some very enjoyable social occasions.\u00a0 The first of the main sessions was for professionals attended by 7 people from the medical and funeral industry.\u00a0 The second was for interested laypersons and was attended by about 17 people.\u00a0 While the events provided valuable training, it also allowed cryonists from around Australia to meet and share their enthusiasm and views regarding cryonics,\u00a0as well as\u00a0quite a few other topics.<\/p>\n

\"Attendees<\/a>

Attendees interacting during a break in the layperson session<\/p><\/div>\n

We were also fortunate enough to have a team from Melbourne making a documentary on a cryonics topic who agreed to film the two main sessions using their professional equipment.\u00a0 Philip and I also filmed most on it on our more modest cameras.\u00a0 We therefore have a valuable record of the training.\u00a0 For the professional session this will need to be combined with the more detailed professional processes Aaron has and will be sharing with us at a later date.<\/p>\n

Although our primary purpose was to provide training we achieved so much more, which will be useful for cryonics in Australia.<\/p>\n