New case report published on a case that took place on February 22, 2017. A-2889 Full report.
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A board member of Alcor Life Extension Foundation (Alcor) called into the facility on Sunday, February 19, 2017, to notify the team of an urgent matter. They had received a call from an attorney who was trying to help his client’s mother, Meihuei, make arrangements for cryopreservation.
Josh Lado, Alcor’s Medical Response Director (JL) reached out to the attorney and the family members of this potential member. While JL was speaking with the family of the intended member, they reported that she experienced terminal arrest and was declared legally dead as a result of renal failure.
The patient was immediately moved to the hospital’s morgue after receiving heparin and CPS, and then being covered with water ice to begin lowering her core temperature.
The patient was covered with dry ice on Monday, February 20, 2017, at approximately 20:30 hrs by the family. She was transported from a hospital in Tijuana, Mexico to a funeral home in San Diego, California. Alcor personnel met her at the San Diego funeral home and transported her to Scottsdale, Arizona on Wednesday, February 22, 2017, by land vehicle.
Meihuei was transferred into liquid nitrogen (LN2) vapor cooldown on Friday, February 24, 2017. Cooldown was completed on Tuesday, February 28, 2017, and the patient remains cryopreserved in LN2 at this time as a whole body patient. No audio or video recordings were made throughout any part of this case.