Cryonics
Suzie Q, a twenty-five year old woman, is dying of AIDS. When she learned this, she heard about something called cryonic suspension. A cryonist at the hospital where she gets treatment told her how cryonics freezes people when they are pronounced dead. When the cure for AIDS is developed, she would then be revived and able to start a new life. Suzie Q decided to participate in cryonic suspension and spent her life savings to pay for the freezing process. Five years later, Suzie Q died. The cryonics team flew her to an Alcor Life Extension Foundation where she was frozen. Suzie Q’s family did not know about her plans and were extremely upset because they felt it was impossible to conduct a proper funeral without a body to
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“Today, a tiny group of biologists is still trying to bring cryonics ‘to its perfection.’ A far larger group of debunkers; however, says cryonics is little more than bogus science, its promise, they say, will never be fulfilled.” (Schaer). Therefore, today's society should not be able to invest in and/or participate in cryonic suspension until it has been proven to be successful and without side effects.
The first reason cryonic suspension should not be used is because of the overpopulation it will cause if and when the patients of Alcor are all revived. Cryonics has been in place since the 1960's, and there are still no successful reanimation plans to prove it will work. Thus, suspended people will probably be frozen for at least one hundred to two hundred years. Many of the patients could be revived at or around the same time. The patients so far are all adults, and therefore, will all move into the work force and the community together. By the time reanimation occurs, there could be thousands of patients in suspension. The majority of cryonicly suspended patients will be left with no immediate family or friends, and would have no place to live. Not to mention that isolation could cause problems of homelessness and unemployment. Everybody has seen the zillions of advertisements for starving children and adults. This problem has no current solution, and as a result the homelessness and unemployment increase every year. The Alcor patients
As they take the dog on a leash down to the E-room, it wags its tail and trembles in fear. Its excited for the attention, but at the same time is in fear of what he's being led to. All the dogs stop barking as they lead him down the isle. They know what's going on. One of their fellow friends is going to die, and they may be next. They place the dog on an old blanket on the concrete floor and shave off a patch of fur on his leg. The dog starts to tremble more. A tourniquet is wrapped slowly around his leg and a syringe of cool blue liquid death enters his body making his eyelids grow heavy and eventually falling limp in the arms of the employee. His heartbeat slowly dissapates and then stops. This, unfortunately, is a regular occurence in animal shelters today.
After declaring Jahi McMath brain dead, the doctors at the Children’s Hospital ordered her to be taken off mechanical ventilation. Her mother, Latasha Winkfield, refused to accept that her daughter was dead and incapable of recovering (du Toit & Miller, 2016). Winkfield believed her daughter was still alive because McMath was breathing and her heart was still beating (du Toit & Miller, 2016). McMath’s family disagreed with the doctors’ report and filed a lawsuit to prevent life support from being discontinued (Paola, 2014).
Endothermic reactions are accompanied by the absorption of heat. The dissolving of ammonium nitrate in water is an example of an endothermic reaction. The solution resulting from this mixture is colder than either the ammonium nitrate or the water. This is the simple explanation of what happens in an instant ice pack. The more detailed information will be discussed in the following paragraphs.
Mercy killing: A woman falls and hits her head on the edge of the pool, falling into the water in an unconscious state and not found for several minutes. Emergency personnel were able to revive her but is in a coma and the doctors have indicated that she has no brain activity.
17-year-old, Maddie Fynn, was taken into custody after she brutally tortured and murdered a 7-year-old child. Victim’s mother, Patricia Tibbolt, explains that she went to visit Maddie Fynn on Grand Haven St. 16378 on wednesday November 17, 2015 one week prior to the death of her son, Tevon, because she had heard about Maddie’s unusual talent of reading people’s death dates. Mrs. so and so claims to have a daughter suffering from cancer and doctors were about to place the child on a new, more effective treatment. As a concerned mother, she wanted to see if the expense for the treatment was even worth it. Maddie told her that her daughter would live to see up to 2084. Glad to hear the news, Mrs. Tibbolt started to gather her things, causing a picture of the victim to fall out of her purse. Maddie,
But the police searched the river and found her body. Her body, lifeless and pale. They took her body, which they covered with a white sheet, to the morgue. Even after the police and the EMT left, I still could not move. I was frozen solid. I stared out into the river, watching the rain calm down and river become more and more steady.
On April 15, 1975, Karen Ann Quinlan, unexpectedly fell to the ground, unconscious, and then slipped into a coma. The doctors could do nothing about her unhealthy state and after a long year Karen’s family decide that they should remove her feeding tubes, a breathing mechanical device, and medical help. The doctors refused to do this because they would get arrested without court permission thus sending the family to court. The family fought over it at court and finally won. Surprisingly, Karen did not die but 10 years later she passed away naturally. The fact that she survived led to many acts of controversy. Was it a good idea to let Karen ann go or should they have kept her on the machines to see what would happen? Through evidence and research,
At this moment, millions of animals know cold cages in laboratories as home, but why? Some of these animals are subjects for medical research purposes, while others are used out of pure curiosity and to test different products. Majority of these animals are used in painful experiments and are left in agony. While many of them die, a few animals survive, but these unfortunate ones wish they could be put out of their misery as well. Although scientists have resources they could use to lower the pain each animal endures and even alternatives of their test subjects, millions of innocent creatures are still suffering. The fact that animals are still used when animal experimentation is avoidable and not necessary makes animal testing unethical.
The book called “In a Rocket Made of Ice”, the author goes to Cambodia to help with the sick and dying children who have Aids. Many children get it from being passed on from their mothers, or they come in contact with it and get it that way. The author goes through many moments of being alone and not knowing anyone, not knowing the language which becomes very difficult for her to understand the children and adults that she helps and comes in contact with. The author Gail Gutradt deals with being an outsider and overcomes obstacles that are in her way in order to help the people in need. Being an outsider sometimes can be a good thing because that way you can give your opinions and have an outside point of view just like how Gutradt did.
This morning some locals found a person lying in a ravine. From the looks of it he has been there since the first snow fall because he body was frozen. The person known as Mr. George Harvey from Pennsylvania he is suspected to be a part of many murders of young women. Detective Len Fenerman says “ Now that Mr. Harvey is found dead hopefully the sports of the ones he killed can now finally be put to rest because their murderer is finally dead.” Mr. Harvey had fallen of the ravine by getting hit in the head by something, and since it was winter the police thinks it was probably hit in the head by an icicle then lost his balance momentarily which lead him to fall to his death. “A moment later, the icicle fell. The heavy coldness of it threw him
John Walker is driving in a snowy morning to work to publish his new book. Suddenly his car was forced out of the road by a blizzard. The car flipped four times before coming to a stop. The impact against the trees knocked him unconscious. By the time he woke up everything was dark and the temperature was below zero. Blood was coming out of his head from a cut he got during the crash. He struggled to get out of the car, but his legs were stuck between the driver’s seat and the steering wheel. He tried to break the window with his freezing hands as he stumbled to get free. After painfully pulling his legs out; he crawled out of the broken window. Once he got through the window and was exposed to the freezing temperatures, he realized there were
They were the subjects of public disputes with family members, court systems, medical professionals, the media, and society at large. Terri Schiavo, Nancy Cruzan and Karen Ann Quinlan; their names are synonymous with permanent vegetative state (PVS). The amazing technological advancements in modern medicine has been credited with keeping persons alive who in times past would have died, therefore this is remarkable for countless families. In the cases of the Quinlan’s, the Cruzan’s and many like them, families members find it unbearable to witness loved ones who linger indefinitely in PVS with little or no chance for recovery. There are many like Terri Schiavo’s parents, who value the lives of their love ones no matter how limited their
The program coordinated reached a local orgnization that managed crisis circumstances, Centre for Living with Dying so the agency could tell the staff of Carla demise (Plummer et al., 2018). The customers were instructed Carla had passed on, however, no detail of how due to secrecy (Plummer et al.,
Cryotherapy is a medical procedure that involves the utilization of extreme cold to destroy any abnormal growth on the skin. It is used to alleviate skin disease such as warts, moles, skin tags, and solar keratoses. Cryotherapy is considered one of the most effective treatments for genital warts. The said procedure can only be done at a doctor's office.
Have you ever been treated unfairly? Have you ever been treated like you have no rights at all? Most people have, but few of them have been treated as badly as Victor and his friends were in “Ice Man” written by Elmore Leonard, just because they are Native Americans.