The term "suspended animation" means to put life on hold. In the medical field, time is the critical and sometimes fatal factor: Time to reach treatment, get oxygen, to stop the bleeding, treat severe injuries, to save heart muscle and brain function. Suspended animation is the medical equivalent to a pause button. The process in which a patient is put into a state of suspension require the lowering of the body temperature to attain hypothermia and to replace the body's blood with a fluid called perfluorochemical. This animation describes the function of...
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