The hemodynamic management of the cervical/high-thoracic spinal cord injured patient represents a remarkably complex clinical scenario, but represents one of the only potentially neuroprotective therapeutic options currently available to the clinician. Presently, the singular goal of hemodynamic management is to increase mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) to 85mmHg by targeting peripheral tone via vasopressor therapy, with a view to increasing perfusion of the spinal cord, preventing ischemia at the injury site, and optimizing neurological outcome. It is often overlooked that the instantaneous removal of descending sympathetic control at the time of SCI renders not only the vast majority of the systemic vasculature devoid of supraspinal input, but it also impairs descending control of the heart. What is yet to be considered in current hemodynamic management protocols is that immediate cardiac dysfunction secondary to impaired supraspinal control of the heart may very well be a significant contributor to poor spinal cord perfusion. Indeed, data collected over the last four years in rodent SCI models suggests that cardiac sympathetic decentralization is the principal cause of the low cardiac output observed in both rodents and people with chronic SCI. As such, the investigator's initiative is to provide a novel approach to hemodynamic management to a porcine model that harnesses both peripheral tone and cardiac function. The investigators believe this approach is an immediately translatable neuroprotective strategy for acute SCI.