This initiative enables cryonics organizations, which cryogenically preserve patients who no longer can be kept alive with today's medical abilities, to act more quickly to minimize damage and deterioration of the remains of donors who deanimate in the region, especially those who deanimate unexpectedly. The first two phases of cryogenic preservation together are called cryonic stabilization.
Cryonic stabilization is designed to minimize damage to and deterioration of the patient.
Following cryonic stabilization, the patient is shipped on ice to a laboratory, then treated with cryoprotective solution and cryogenically preserved by cooling to liquid nitrogen temperature. Acquisition and Provision of Kits for Cryonic Stabilizations LES currently is acquiring a rudimentary HCS-phase stabilization kit. This kit ultimately will include a portable ice bath, heart-lung resuscitator, stabilizing chemicals, and related supplies. LES will modernize and upgrade the HCS-phase kit over time, replace kit components as they become obsolete, and undertake additional acquisition as funds permit. The service area currently is the urbanized mid-Atlantic region, including metropolitan Washington, Baltimore, Wilmington, and Philadelphia.