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Distance from Earth

9 articles tagged · 1 topic · 7 clinical · 1 equipment

SMF-T-0013 · draft

Behavioral Health & Performance in Isolation and Confinement

Psychological, sleep and team-dynamics effects of long periods in small, isolated and confined crews.

Isolation & ConfinementDistance from EarthBehavioral Health & Sleep

Clinical articles (7)

SMF-C-0012 · protocol · draft

Behavioral health monitoring

What psychological problems have occurred in spaceflight, how agencies select, train, monitor and support crews, what isolation analogs teach us, and how to help with reintegration after return.

◆◆◇◇ Low · F A E

SMF-C-0002 · protocol · draft

SFP screening

How to approach a patient who wants to fly as a paying passenger: what the FAA does and does not require, what published guidance recommends, and which conditions deserve a closer look.

◆◆◇◇ Low · E A F

SMF-C-0010 · topic · draft

Emergencies & evacuation

What medical care is actually available on a spacecraft, who provides it, how evacuation works from orbit, and why the model changes completely for lunar and Mars missions.

◆◆◆◇ Moderate · F E C

SMF-C-0009 · topic · draft

Space pharmacy & drug stability

What astronauts actually take, whether drugs still work in space, what happens to medications stored for months to years, and how to plan a formulary for missions far from resupply.

◆◆◇◇ Low · F E M

SMF-C-0001 · standard · draft

Medical standards overview

What NASA's crew health standard actually requires, how astronauts are medically selected and recertified, and what that means for a clinician who sees space travelers.

◆◆◆◆ High · E F

SMF-C-0011 · topic · draft

POCUS in space

How ultrasound became the main imaging tool in space — remote-guided FAST, echo, eye and kidney scans, and routine screening of the jugular veins for thrombosis — and what that means for clinicians on the ground.

◆◆◆◇ Moderate · F E

SMF-C-0000 · guide · draft

Clinician quick-start

A one-page orientation for GPs, emergency physicians, nurses and flight/aviation doctors: what to ask, what to check, the red flags, and where to find the details — before and after spaceflight.

◆◆◆◇ Moderate · E F

Equipment guides (1)

SMF-E-0002 · reference · draft

Mission Medical Kits

What medical equipment, drugs and supplies are carried on suborbital flights, short commercial orbital flights, a low Earth orbit station, lunar and Gateway missions, and Mars-class missions, and how distance, duration, drug shelf life and the loss of evacuation change the kit.

◆◆◆◇ Moderate · F C E