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==Overview== | |||
Space Medicine is a subspecialty of Emergency Medicine which evolved from the Aerospace Medicine specialty. Space Medicine is dedicated to the prevention and treatment of medical conditions that would limit success in space operations. Space medicine focuses specifically on prevention, acute care, emergency medicine, wilderness medicine, hyper/hypobaric medicine in order to provide medical care of astronauts and spaceflight participants. The spaceflight environment poses many unique stressors to the human body, including G forces, microgravity, unusual atmospheres such as low pressure or high carbon dioxide, and space radiation. Space medicine applies space physiology, preventive medicine, primary care, emergency medicine, acute care medicine, austere medicine, public health, and toxicology to prevent and treat medical problems in space. This expertise is additionally used to inform vehicle systems design to minimize the risk to human health and performance while meeting mission objectives. | |||
==Most Common Spaceflight Medical Problems== | ==Most Common Spaceflight Medical Problems== | ||
* [[Space Adaptation Syndrome]] | * [[Space Adaptation Syndrome]] | ||
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* [[Sleep disorders of spaceflight]] | * [[Sleep disorders of spaceflight]] | ||
* [[Pulmonary disorders of spaceflight]] | * [[Pulmonary disorders of spaceflight]] | ||
==Space Medicine Fellowships== | |||
* [[University of Texas at Houston]] | |||
* [[LA County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center]] | |||
* [[Brigham and Women's Hospital (Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard)]] | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 19:50, 6 July 2024
Overview
Space Medicine is a subspecialty of Emergency Medicine which evolved from the Aerospace Medicine specialty. Space Medicine is dedicated to the prevention and treatment of medical conditions that would limit success in space operations. Space medicine focuses specifically on prevention, acute care, emergency medicine, wilderness medicine, hyper/hypobaric medicine in order to provide medical care of astronauts and spaceflight participants. The spaceflight environment poses many unique stressors to the human body, including G forces, microgravity, unusual atmospheres such as low pressure or high carbon dioxide, and space radiation. Space medicine applies space physiology, preventive medicine, primary care, emergency medicine, acute care medicine, austere medicine, public health, and toxicology to prevent and treat medical problems in space. This expertise is additionally used to inform vehicle systems design to minimize the risk to human health and performance while meeting mission objectives.
Most Common Spaceflight Medical Problems
- Space Adaptation Syndrome
- Space Motion Sickness
- Spaceflight headache
- Contact dermatitis of spaceflight
- Ocular foreign body (microgravity)
- Spaceflight Urinary Tract Infection
- Anemia of spaceflight
- Spaceflight Urinary Retention
- Sleep disorders of spaceflight
- Pulmonary disorders of spaceflight
Space Medicine Fellowships
- University of Texas at Houston
- LA County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard)