1:19:00
lt's too much of a shock.
So we bring the patient here.
1:19:03
After the visit, we return them
to the main care facility.
1:19:06
lf you will put on your glasses,
we'll go there now.
1:19:10
This is our main care facility.
1:19:13
Temperature here is
94.7 degrees Fahrenheit...
1:19:16
...humidity 82 percent.
1:19:18
This stability reduces
patient heat loss...
1:19:21
...and caloric requirements.
1:19:24
There's a low-level ultraviolet
bacteriostatic flux...
1:19:28
...and to prevent bedsores...
1:19:30
...patients are suspended
by wires through long bones.
1:19:33
-How do you get to them up there?
-There's no need for contact.
1:19:37
Every one of our patients is
individually monitored by the computer.
1:19:41
lndwelling telemetry records weight,
fluid balance...
1:19:45
...blood pressure, blood gases,
temperature, metabolic balance.
1:19:49
Our computer makes an immediate
adjustment for any change in condition.
1:19:53
For example...
1:19:55
...we simulate hypotension by direct
compression of the telemetry unit.
1:20:00
The computer will sense this
and make an immediate adjustment.
1:20:09
Well, almost immediate.
1:20:13
Sometimes there's a--
1:20:16
There we are.
1:20:18
Sometimes there is a short delay,
but as you can see...
1:20:21
...the computer put the patient
in the Trendelenburg position...
1:20:24
...and administered a vasoconstrictor.
1:20:27
We have very few crises here.
With the assistance of technology...
1:20:31
...these patients
are maintained beautifully.
1:20:33
Without it,
they would have died long ago.
1:20:37
But the law says they must be
maintained, and this is one solution.
1:20:41
How large is your staff?
1:20:43
One nurse, a physician on call...
1:20:45
...two computer technicians and
a small security staff. That's all.
1:20:49
And the rest of the building?
1:20:50
lt's of no interest. Just mechanical
and technical facilities.
1:20:54
What's the cost?
1:20:55
For each patient, about $ 60 a day.
1:20:58
But we can store 1 ,000 patients
and then the cost will go down.