READINESS AND TRANSPORT
Team Training
The Terasem Response Team will have their annual refresher course in early April. Last year, their training was held at Alcor in Scottsdale, AZ and the team learned their skills on our in-house equipment. Now that they have a complete response kit of their own, they will be able to practice using their own equipment, in their own environment. In conjunction with the training, the Cryonics Technology Progress Conference will be held, where the team will have an opportunity to demonstrate their proficiency to the general cryonics community. This interaction between a professional response team and cryonicists should create greater understanding of the progress that has been made in response capabilities and help foster increased confidence in the overall probability that our patients will receive a quality stabilization and cool down.
Member Watch List
One of the tools that we use to support Alcor's Orange Member Watch List is our strategic planning room. Within this room is a map of the United States that visually shows the location of every member; special "at risk" members; and their proximity to each of our response teams throughout the country. Each of our members is represented by a white pin, a member who is facing a significant medical event is a large orange pin. And our teams are identified by a large blue pin. These visual cues provide us with a global perspective of our allocated resources and potential responses. Any of Alcor staff can walk into the room and immediately see where possible activity might occur.
Alcor Northern-California Meeting
This meeting will be held on Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 5pm. There will be a potluck following the meeting so bring a dish to share and a swimsuit if you want to sauna/hot-tub.
For more info and directions please contact Mark Galeck at mark_galeck@pacbell.net