Not for space travel, but for life saving here on Earth. And they don't use the term "suspended animation", because it, "sounds too much like science fiction."
Somehow, "emergency preservation & resuscitation", doesn't have quite the same ring.
http://www.cnet.com/au/news/suspended-animation-trials-to-begin-on-humans/ / world first attempts placing humans in suspended animation UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania not for space travel save lives technique patient patients wounds lethal surgery surgeons science fiction cooling the body applying external temperature change team of surgeons remove all of the patient's blood replacing it with a cold saline solution cool the body slowing its functions halt oxygen accidents Swede Sweden Swedish Anna Bågenholm survived trapped under a layer of ice in freezing water for 80 minutes skiing accident Japan Japanese Mitsutaka Uchikoshi survived 24 days without food or water hypothermic hibernation suspending life science fiction Doctor Samuel Tisherman surgeon trial New Scientist technique developed Doctor Peter Rhee test pigs fatal wounds arteries scalpels pigs' blood saline lower lowered body temperature 10 degrees Celsius control pigs warmed back up hearts jump start survival rate no physical or cognitive impairment emergency measure patients cardiac arrest severe traumatic injury chest cavity open lost at least half their blood already survival rate patients control group survival rate massive step forward Acute Care Research website /
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