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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15739502-13762,00.html
Now that scientists in the U.S. have managed to revive dogs that have been clinically dead for three hours it won't be long until tests start on humans.
The process of revival seems like something out of a horror movie: drain the blood while replacing it with a cold saline solution keeping the body temperature at around 7˚C, then replace the blood and give your subject 100% oxygen and an electric shock to restart the heart.
I think this'll be useful to preserve bodies during transport when they are reaching clinical death or to "stabilise" the body after massive blood loss; allowing doctors to attempt to repair whatever is wrong in a stable condition.
I can imagine in the future we'll have "rejuvenation" surgery to replace old organs. Body parts can be cloned before the surgery, or in rare cases while we are in suspended animation, and doctors can repair whatever is needed in this suspended state.
