David Styles will be at TransVision 2010 (MILANO 22-24 OTTOBRE MUSEO DELLA SCIENZA... ) and give a talk on: “A new development in cryonics standby, stabilisation, and transport capabilities in Europe“ Standby, stabilisation, and transport are all very important parts of human cryopreservation. The more time that elapses between cardiac arrest and cryopreservation, the more damage will occur. Hence the importance of standby – having a team of trained personnel on hand at the patient’s bedside to begin the stabilisation process as quickly as possible. An average standby, statistically, lasts for around ten days. Three days is considered a very short standby, and twenty days is considered very long. The period during which standby is being performed can also be used for ensuring that any bureaucratic issues are foreseen and circumvented, that all paperwork is in place for the patient, before deanimation and subsequent stabilisation occur. Stabilisation in th...