While that research is still in its infancy, often lost in the discussions of cryonics are the short-term implications, such as the rapid cool-down of an accident victim to prolong their life enough to be treated.

FORBES: The Prospects of Short Term Cryonics

For the most part, when people think of cryonics, people think about long-term cryonics that is, freezing people who are dead so they can be revived at some point in the future, as in the Alcor case studies I mentioned, or the mythical frozen corpse of Walt Disney.

FORBES: The Prospects of Short Term Cryonics