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Emergency Medical Considerations in a Space-Suited Patient.

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Garbino, A; Nusbaum, DM; Buckland, DM; Menon, AS; Clark, JB; Antonsen, EL
Published in: Aerosp Med Hum Perform
2016

The Stratex Project is a high altitude balloon flight that culminated in a freefall from 41,422 m (135,890 ft), breaking the record for the highest freefall to date. Crew recovery operations required an innovative approach due to the unique nature of the event as well as the equipment involved. The parachutist donned a custom space suit similar to a NASA Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), with life support system mounted to the front and a parachute on the back. This space suit had a metal structure around the torso, which, in conjunction with the parachute and life support assembly, created a significant barrier to extraction from the suit in the event of a medical emergency. For this reason the Medical Support Team coordinated with the pressure suit assembly engineer team for integration, training in suit removal, definition of a priori contingency leadership on site, creation of color-coded extraction scenarios, and extraction drills with a suit mock-up that provided insight into limitations to immediate access. This paper discusses novel extraction processes and contrasts the required medical preparation for this type of equipment with the needs of the prior record-holding jump that used a different space suit with easier immediate access. Garbino A, Nusbaum DM, Buckland DM, Menon AS, Clark JB, Antonsen EL. Emergency medical considerations in a space-suited patient. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2016; 87(11):958-962.

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Aerosp Med Hum Perform

DOI

ISSN

2375-6314

Publication Date

2016

Volume

87

Issue

11

Start / End Page

958 / 962

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Space Suits
  • Space Flight
  • Life Support Systems
  • Hypoxia
  • Humans
  • Extravehicular Activity
  • Equipment Design
  • Emergencies
  • Embolism, Air
  • Decompression Sickness
 

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Garbino, A., Nusbaum, D. M., Buckland, D. M., Menon, A. S., Clark, J. B., & Antonsen, E. L. (2016). Emergency Medical Considerations in a Space-Suited Patient. Aerosp Med Hum Perform, 87(11), 958–962. https://doi.org/10.3357/AMHP.4648.2016
Garbino, Alejandro, Derek M. Nusbaum, Daniel M. Buckland, Anil S. Menon, Jonathan B. Clark, and Erik L. Antonsen. “Emergency Medical Considerations in a Space-Suited Patient.Aerosp Med Hum Perform 87, no. 11 (2016): 958–62. https://doi.org/10.3357/AMHP.4648.2016.
Garbino A, Nusbaum DM, Buckland DM, Menon AS, Clark JB, Antonsen EL. Emergency Medical Considerations in a Space-Suited Patient. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2016;87(11):958–62.
Garbino, Alejandro, et al. “Emergency Medical Considerations in a Space-Suited Patient.Aerosp Med Hum Perform, vol. 87, no. 11, 2016, pp. 958–62. Pubmed, doi:10.3357/AMHP.4648.2016.
Garbino A, Nusbaum DM, Buckland DM, Menon AS, Clark JB, Antonsen EL. Emergency Medical Considerations in a Space-Suited Patient. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2016;87(11):958–962.

Published In

Aerosp Med Hum Perform

DOI

ISSN

2375-6314

Publication Date

2016

Volume

87

Issue

11

Start / End Page

958 / 962

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Space Suits
  • Space Flight
  • Life Support Systems
  • Hypoxia
  • Humans
  • Extravehicular Activity
  • Equipment Design
  • Emergencies
  • Embolism, Air
  • Decompression Sickness