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Humans placed in suspended animation for the first time (newscientist.com)
10 points by xmjw 2405 days ago
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gus_massa 2405 days ago
How is this different from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_hypothermic_circulatory_a... ?

(My guess is that the technique was used in normal surgeries and now they are using it in ER surgeries too.)

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A_Parr 2405 days ago
"EPR involves rapidly cooling a person to around 10 to 15°C by replacing all of their blood with ice-cold saline."

That part seems to be new.

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