{"id":2234,"date":"2016-07-18T13:49:07","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T03:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryonicsservicesaustralia.com\/csa\/?p=2234"},"modified":"2016-07-18T17:45:10","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T07:45:10","slug":"visit-to-uk-cryonics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryonicsservicesaustralia.com\/csa\/visit-to-uk-cryonics\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit to UK Cryonics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 10, 2016, \u00a0I visited with Tim Gibson of UK Cryonics in Sheffield UK. \u00a0It was a very wet day and Tim very kindly invited me to his home to see the workhorse of their operation, their ambulance. \u00a0The elegance of UK Cryonics\u2019s set up is that it is simple and it works very well. \u00a0UK Cryonics does not have a facility. \u00a0While the large storage units of a cryonics facility always generate a \u201cwow!\u201d, the really critical step of any cryonics operation is the standby and transportation. \u00a0I don&#8217;t want to sound melodramatic, but it can be a case of garbage in, garbage out. \u00a0 Don&#8217;t get me wrong!\u00a0 The storage facilities and the people operating them are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">vitally important<\/span>, but you need to get the first parts of the whole process (i.e. the standby and transportation) right otherwise your chances of a good suspension drop off rapidly. \u00a0 My strong impression is that UK Cryonics has got it right. \u00a0Their focus is on the standby and transportation. \u00a0There is relatively little investment and costs because there is no facility to be built, manned, and maintained. \u00a0Because there is no facility you do not have anywhere near the same level of\u00a0 problems running the facility itself, cumbersome governmental authorization and permitting requirements, or face complex legislative issues. \u00a0Obviously a few prerequisites need to be met, but these are not anywhere near as onerous as building and operating a facility.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, UK Cryonics has some significant logistical advantages versus what we have in Australia. \u00a0Tim is situated in Sheffield, which is almost in the very center of the UK. \u00a0Because of the relatively small size of the UK (about the size and vaguely the shape of the state of Victoria in Australia) they can reach most locations within 3 hours with their vehicle. \u00a0A little longer and they can be in the western part of Europe. \u00a0\u00a0Additionally, they can get to the two main cryonics facilities in the US 10 to 12 hours after they vitrify and bring the patient to dry ice temperature.<\/p>\n<p>UK Cryonics members are typically also members of Alcor or the Cryonics Institute. \u00a0Remember that UK cryonics has no facility of its own. The cost of UK Cryonics membership is about $500 a year. \u00a0For a member standby, preparation and transportation to the US currently costs about $30,000 for the UK and $50,000 for the reachable parts of Europe. \u00a0Non members pay about $10,000 more.<\/p>\n<p>So what does UK cryonics have?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7LMI6LaxhDc?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Firstly, an extremely well fitted out ambulance. Unfortunately it was raining very heavily and I did not get a chance to take a photo of the outside of the ambulance.\u00a0 If you are interested it is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cryonics-uk.org\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">on their web site<\/a>.\u00a0 I did take some video of the inside.\u00a0 The video I took shows how well fitted out it is, but my non-professional camera work may not do it full justice. \u00a0Take my word for it, it is impressive. \u00a0Additionally, \u00a0working with a strong network of local funeral directors, UK Cryonics have the expertise, equipment and chemicals to do a full vitrification perfusion to dry ice temperatures. \u00a0\u00a0As I mentioned, the trip to the US is then about 10 to 12 hours. Using their special transportation container, combined with these relatively short travel times, the patient remains very close to dry ice temperature throughout the journey so the latest techniques in vitrification can be used. \u00a0They also have excellent links with Alcor and the Cryonics Institute allowing a very smooth transfer of the patient to the US facilities. \u00a0It is speedy, efficient and very effective. \u00a0Above all UK Cryonics has dedicated people like Tim who go out of their way to make sure you get a good suspension.<\/p>\n<p>I would like to thank Tim for the time he spent with me. Tim has in-depth knowledge of what he is doing and approaches his cryonics activities in a very professional manner. \u00a0UK cryonics is in excellent hands.<\/p>\n<p>Peter T<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 10, 2016, \u00a0I visited with Tim Gibson of UK Cryonics in Sheffield UK. \u00a0It was a very wet day and Tim very kindly invited me to his home to see the workhorse of their operation, their ambulance. \u00a0The &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/cryonicsservicesaustralia.com\/csa\/visit-to-uk-cryonics\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,11],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryonicsservicesaustralia.com\/csa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryonicsservicesaustralia.com\/csa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryonicsservicesaustralia.com\/csa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryonicsservicesaustralia.com\/csa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryonicsservicesaustralia.com\/csa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2234"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/cryonicsservicesaustralia.com\/csa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2247,"href":"http:\/\/cryonicsservicesaustralia.com\/csa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234\/revisions\/2247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryonicsservicesaustralia.com\/csa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryonicsservicesaustralia.com\/csa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryonicsservicesaustralia.com\/csa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}