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Clinical articles (2)

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.

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SMF-C-0014 · protocol · draft

Why spacewalks carry decompression risk, how prebreathe protocols prevent it, how DCS is recognized and treated without a hyperbaric chamber, and other EVA hazards (CO2, water in the helmet, hand injuries) — with links to dive and altitude medicine.

◆◆◆◇ Moderate · E A F

Equipment guides (2)

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

SMF-E-0001 · guide · draft

Pre-Flight & Post-Flight Clinic

A plain-language design guide for a clinic that certifies people before flight and evaluates them after landing: equipment by evaluation domain, what to do in-house versus refer out, a room-by-room layout and an essential / recommended / advanced build.

◆◆◆◇ Moderate · F E

Research pages (3)

RSK-18 · NASA risk · draft

Lunar & Mars dust

Fine lunar dust can be inhaled once it gets into the habitat. NASA has set an exposure limit based on rodent studies. Mars dust is not yet characterized.

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RSK-19 · NASA risk · draft

Hypoxia (exploration atmosphere)

To make frequent spacewalks practical, future habitats may run a lower-pressure, mildly hypoxic atmosphere, roughly like living at 4,000–8,300 ft. Effects over long periods are being studied.

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RSK-20 · NASA risk · draft

Decompression sickness

No case of decompression sickness has been reported in flight, but frequent surface spacewalks in partial gravity could change that.

◆◆◆◇ Moderate · F A E