hamsters, 93, 102
Hawes, William, 22–23, 40
Hayworth, Ken, 162–64
heart, 48–55
aorta in, 54–55
atria in, 48, 50–54
atrioventricular node in, 50, 51
cardiac arrest and, see cardiac arrest
chest compressions and, 29, 64, 66, 72, 81, 82, 185, 187–90, 192–93, 211, 212
chordae tendineae in, 54
electrical impulses of, 52–53
electrical shock applied to, 57–59; see also defibrillators
epinephrine and, 35, 64
functional syncytium of muscles in, 52
hypothermia and, 38
preserving during surgery, 74
QRS complex in, 51–52
in rabbits, 105
sinoatrial node in, 50, 51, 65
valves of, 53, 54
ventricles in, 48, 50–54
heart attack, 53, 56
heartbeat, 50, 56
EKG and, 51–52
heart block, 51
heart bypass machine, 114
heart failure, 44
heart rate and rhythm, 38, 44
arrhythmia, 53, 203, 204, 206
asystole, 63–64, 65, 199, 200
defibrillators and, see defibrillators
gag reflex and, 36–37
hibernation and, 96–98, 101
hypothermia and, 38
sinus, 198, 213
sinus tachycardia, 67, 199
ventricular fibrillation, 5, 56, 59, 65, 66–67, 199, 203, 212
ventricular tachycardia, 198, 205
heart surgery, 7, 55, 56–57, 60, 61, 74, 111–16, 225
hemoglobin, 132, 135
hibernation, 91–93, 96–97, 104, 105, 141, 145
in bears, 119, 121, 128–29
DADLE and, 101, 103–5, 120, 121
differences in, 120–21
enzymes and, 103–4
ghrelin and, 122–23
hypometabolism research and, 124–27, 130–38
in lemurs, 116–23, 226, 230
in primates, 119
in thirteen-lined ground squirrels, 93, 95–105, 116, 117, 120, 121, 226, 230
hibernation, human, 106–16, 123
space travel and, 90, 106, 137, 226
hibernation induction trigger (HIT), 100–101
Hibernatus, 90
high-pressure liquid chromatography, 126
Hippocratic Oath, 232
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, A (Adams), 91
Hoffman, Rudi, 167–69, 171
Humboldt, Alexander von, 57–58
Hyde Park, 21–22, 27–28, 180, 181
Serpentine in, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27–28
hydrogen sulfide, 227–29
hypometabolism research, 124–27, 130–38
hypoxia, 104
see also oxygen deprivation
hypothalamus, 98, 122
hypothermia, 38, 76–78, 80, 89, 127
induced, 109
see also cold
hypothermic circulatory arrest, 113–16
ICDs (implantable cardiac defibrillators), 204–8, 231
ice, 141
cooling the body with, 108–11, 114, 129
cryopreservation and, 154–57, 159
vitrification and, 154
Ikaria, 228
Illustrated London News, 21–22
I’m Gonna Git You Sucka, 224
immortality, 168
Tithonus and, 9
implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs), 204–8, 231
“Inconnue de la Seine, L’” (Nabokov), 183
inflammation, 70
ions, 69, 70
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, 224
Jude, James, 182
Kite, Charles, 58–59, 199
Klopfer, Peter, 117–23
Knickerbocker, Guy, 182
Kochanek, Patrick, 79
Kouwenhoven, William Bennett, 182
Kurlansky, Paul, 194
Laborit, Henri, 107, 114, 129
Laerdal, Asmund, 183
Lampe, Josh, 81–86, 191–93
lemurs, 116–23, 226, 230
Lind, BjØrn, 183
lipids (fats), 69, 70, 137, 154–55
liquid ventilation, 148–50
London, 21–22, 23–24, 28
lungs, inflation of, 25–26
lytic cocktail, 109, 110
Magic Fingers bed, 193–94
Marok, Greg, 64, 67
Merchant, Raina, 202
metabolism, in hibernation and suspended animation, 91, 96, 102, 108, 116, 119, 120, 128, 129
hypometabolism research, 124–27, 130–38
mice, 124–27, 130, 136–37, 227, 230
Mission to Mars, 149
mitochondria, 70–72, 74, 104, 126
monkeys, 74–76, 230
Monts, John, 148, 166
Moon, 90
moral hazard, 232–33
More, Max, 164–66
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, 19–20, 22, 180, 181
mouth-to-nose resuscitation, 180–81
Nabokov, Vladimir, 183
Næsheim, Torvind, 47
Nelson, Robert, 160
nicotine, 34–35
Night of the Living Dead, 76, 162
obestatin, 122
ocean pout, 156
opioid receptors, 101
Outland, 90
oxygen, 48–49, 54, 55, 72, 134, 135
hibernation and, 106
oxygen deprivation, 38, 68
cells and, 69–70, 72, 73, 102, 104
CPR and, 193, 194
Funk and, 4
Pandorum, 90
paramedics, 209, 212
do not resuscitate orders and, 219, 220
“Penultimate Trump, The” (Ettinger), 149
perfluorocarbon (PFC), 85, 149
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), 80
Petty, William, 42
Petunia the pig, 80–82, 84, 86, 191
pigs, 227, 230
CPR and, 191–92
Petunia, 80–82, 84, 86, 191
Planet of the Apes, 90
Platoon, 224
Poe, Edgar Allan, 43
polio, 180
potassium, 57, 69, 102, 142, 143
Prader-Willi syndrome, 123
premature burial, 38–44
“Premature Burial, The” (Poe), 43
preproghrelin, 122, 123
proteins, 69, 132
peptides, 101, 122
Pursell, Thomas, 39–40
QRS complex, 51–52
rabbits, 105, 156, 157, 159
radiation, 93
rats, 105
Reddit, 170
reptiles, 91, 119
Rescue Annie (Resusci Anne), 183–84, 186–91
resuscitation:
costs of, 231–35
crowdsourcing of, 179–80, 198–99
after cryopreservation, 143, 151, 153
do not resuscitate orders and, 219, 220
moral hazard and, 232–33
mouth-to-mouth, 19–20, 22, 180, 181
mouth-to-nose, 180–81
see also CPR
rhesus monkeys, 74–76, 230
RhinoChill, 85–86, 149, 233
Romero, George A., 77
Rostand, Jean, 149
Roth, Mark, 227–28
Royal Humane Society, 21–29, 32, 34, 37, 40, 58
Russian Method, 37–38, 48, 73–74
Sa
far, Peter, 77, 180–83
Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, 77–81, 85, 180
safety coffins, 42–43
safety net, 232–33
Saghin, Brooke, 194–96
Saghin, Tristin, 194–96
Satinoff, Evelyn, 98
Sato, Shinichi, 89
science fiction, 88, 90, 97, 124, 149
Seine, 183, 184
Serpentine, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27–28
Shelley, Mary, 57
sinoatrial (SA) node, 50, 51, 65
sinus rhythm, 198, 213
sinus tachycardia, 67, 199
Sleeper, 90
sloshing theory, 192–93
smoke, tobacco, 15, 18, 19, 22, 29, 34–36, 44
Society in Favour of Drowned Persons, 17–21, 22, 23, 26, 179, 180
space travel, 90, 106, 137, 226
Spider-Man 2, 224
Squires, Mr., 58
squirrel blood, 97, 99–100
squirrels, thirteen-lined ground, 93–104, 116, 117, 120, 121, 226, 230
Srikameswaran, Anita, 77
Star Trek, 224
Straits Times, 47
stress, 104
sugar (glucose), 133–34, 136, 154
Suozzi, Kim, 169–71
suspended animation, 88, 90–91, 100, 109, 116, 124, 127, 226–27, 229
space travel and, 90, 106, 137, 226
Uchikoshi and, 88, 89, 137, 225
see also cryonics; hibernation; hibernation, human
Suspended Animation, Inc. (SA), 146–47, 150, 152
Sweetland, Mary Beth, 80
tachycardia, 67, 198, 199, 205
Tebb, William, 40–42
temperature, 37–38, 98, 107
hibernation and, 129, 134
insulation and, 83, 85, 125
medical procedures and, 113
see also cold
Texas Heart Institute, 150
Thing, The, 149
thirteen-lined ground squirrels, 93–104, 116, 117, 120, 121, 226, 230
Tithonus, 9
tobacco smoke, 15, 18, 19, 22, 29, 34–36, 44
Toien, Oivind, 128
Toonbergen, Jacob, 13–14
Trans Time, Inc., 160
2001: A Space Odyssey, 90, 100
Uchikoshi, Mitsutaka, 87–89, 105, 137, 225
Undertaker’s Journal, 41
University of Pennsylvania, 62
University of Pittsburgh, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research at, 77–81, 85, 180
vagus nerve, 36
Venter, Craig, 230
ventricular fibrillation, 5, 56, 59, 65, 66–67, 199, 203, 212
ventricular tachycardia, 198, 205
vitrification, 154, 157
Walker, Charles, 41
Willis, John, 101–2
Wizard of Oz, The, 225, 226
wood frogs, 140–42, 154–56
Wortman, Anne, 13–20, 37
Yogi Bear, 127, 128
Zeus, 9, 10
zombie dogs, 76–80, 180