American scientists will for the first time use a groundbreaking emergency technology of suspended animation to save lives. The suspended animation technique is dedicated to saving patients with traumatic injuries.
The working principle of suspended animation technology is this: Physicians will use cold saline, which will soon lower the body temperature and stop most of the cellular activity. Samuel Tisherman, a UPMC Presbyterian Hospital surgeon, called the technology an emergency save or recovery.
In 2002, colleagues from Hassan Allam and his Michigan University Hospital tried this technique with suspended pigs. First scientists used sedatives. Then the animal was bleeding heavily to create an injury effect. Use cold saline or potassium solution to reduce the blood temperature to 10 degrees Celsius. Finally, the doctor treated and gradually restored the temperature. Although the pigs were "dead" for several hours, they did not have any cognitive or physical disorders.
Tisherman said that the method will be further developed until there is enough data to evaluate.