By Aschwin de Wolf and Charles Platt

In this book of over 700 pages the authors have tried to compile existing information describing standby, stabilization, transport, and vitrification procedures in the field of human cryopreservation, often referred to as cryonics. It is written as a reference work rather than as a teaching manual. Since this work has been written for Alcor, it focuses primarily on procedures and equipment that are specific to Alcor. However, approaches at Cryonics Institute and at Suspended Animation have been summarized where practical to do so.

The full book (715 pages) as well as individual chapters may be found below in PDF format.

• Human Cryopreservation Procedures (full book, published 10-Jan-2020, 25MB, last update 13-Jan-2023)
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Theoretical Rationale for Cryonics Procedures
• 3. Protocol
• 4. Legal and Ethical Considerations
• 5. Autopsy
• 6. Deployment Issues
• 7. Patient Assessment
• 8. Health Issues and Communicable Diseases
• 9. Cardiopulmonary Support: Circulation
• 10. Cardiopulmonary Support: Ventilation
• 11. Induction of Hypothermia
• 12. Liquid Ventilation
• 13. Medications
• 14. Monitoring
• 15. Sample Collection and Analysis
• 16. Remote Blood Washout
• 17. Patient Transport
• 18. Cryoprotection
• 19. Cooldown to Cryogenic Temperature
• 20. Long-Term Patient Care and Maintenance
• Afterword by Charles Platt
• Afterword by Aschwin de Wolf
• Appendix 1: Quality of Patient Care in Cryonics
• Appendix 2: Writing Case Reports