"The crew is highly trained, and they came to the aid of their colleague right away."
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In a first, NASA orders astronauts home after unspecified medical issue
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Better safe than sorry, although the dream of expeditions to Mars and the Moon highlights the need for medical intervention in orbit.
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Fortunately it doesn't sound like anything life threatening and hopefully it's a full recovery and the astronaut can go back to do another mission if so desired. Crazy and fortunate a mission hasn't been cut short for medical reasons until now.
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Interesting that Isaacman didn’t really answer the question about what he would “like to have” for Lunar and Martian bases’ medical equipment/suite. He just mentioned about they have a lot of equipment and capability and are constantly learning. Has there been a serious proposal for a medical “room” or suite for Lunar or Martian bases? Or, like subs, they convert one of the mess tables to an operating table (at least they did in one of the black/white WWII movies…)?
Second question would be: at what level/number of colonists/residents would it be wise to have medical staff assigned, in that role, to the mission/outpost/colony/etc?
Second question would be: at what level/number of colonists/residents would it be wise to have medical staff assigned, in that role, to the mission/outpost/colony/etc?
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They're worse, because of the bone loss.Unrelated, but now I'm wondering how kidney stones work in space...
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Who says it's unrelated?Unrelated, but now I'm wondering how kidney stones work in space...
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Hoping everyone's all right... Luckily the return trip isn't too early.
But damn, what's the deductible on something like that?
But damn, what's the deductible on something like that?
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I wonder how they developed their prediction model. After all, they only send people who pass strict medical assessments and there is low risk for pathogens as astronauts quarantine before missions.
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About as much fun as they are on Earth?Unrelated, but now I'm wondering how kidney stones work in space...
But I would think the astronauts have been given some pretty good screening for common health risks, so they would be healthier than the "Average" person of their age?
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Please post your current medical conditions.
What’s that, it’s none of our business you say?
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They don’t have to, and they’re not even allowed to without consent.
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This is a pretty dumb take.
There is no reason at all other than satisfying morbid curiosity of internet shitposters to identify the person. Might it come out eventually? Yes, but it's not like anyone has a right or reason to know, much less any element of timeliness.
What there is at least a reason to eventually disclose is the nature of the medical condition and the how the responses were evaluated. That's at least valuable scientific information, but obviously also sensitive and could de facto identify the person. And that is why there are jobs like "medical ethicists" to help figure out what and when that type of information can be responsibly disclosed.
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I imagine operating an ultrasound and a defibrillator wouldn't be too different in space. I wonder how IVs are administered though in microgravity? Does the IV equipment come with a pump to ensure consistent flow?
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Found a copy of the ISS medical checklist. IVs and injections start on page 596.
https://ia800507.us.archive.org/5/i...22-e-4/ISS Medical Checklist JSC-48522-E4.pdf
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IV pumps are entirely standard in medical settings. Seems very unlikely that they wouldn’t be using them in space.
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As someone who suffers from the dammed things (enough so that Social Security eventually admitted I was disabled due to them) my guess is they don't work much differently in space than they do on Earth. The primary reason they move inside the ureter, causing massive amounts of pain, is due to urine flow. I believe that works the same way in space, or at least I've never heard of it acting significantly different.Unrelated, but now I'm wondering how kidney stones work in space...
As to forming stones in the first place, I don't know if being in space has any impact on that or not. Given how horrifically painful stones are, I'm pretty sure we'd have heard about it long ago if being in space significantly increased the risk of stone formation. Astronauts are tough, but stone pain can cripple the toughest of the tough with ease.
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I'm kinda curious - how do you constantly have kidney stones? I thought they only formed due to poor water intake and/or certain diet, outside of a few rare bone conditions (of which I thought they had medication for)
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Having read A City on Mars, there’s all sorts of unrelated questions in my mind including “How would NASA handle an unintended pregnancy in space?”
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Not the person in question, but: As someone with constant diet stones, it's tough to specify "absolutely no spinach" as a dietary requirement to others. Essentially I have to drink a glass of milk with every meal to precipitate the oxalate in my intestines rather than my kidneys. I still typically have sediments in my renal pelvises, that I flush with a course of tamsulosin every three months to prevent them turning into problem stones. Seeing sand in the bottom of the toilet bowl is fun.
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When I read about this situation I keep picturing an irritable AI hologram popping up on the spacecraft and saying “Please state the nature of the medical emergency.”
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Thinking about how I would react if I were the astronaut in question, at first I figured I'd have no issue with people knowing about my medical conditions (in most cases). But then I got to thinking that being that open might put pressure on other astronauts to be similarly open, even if they weren't comfortable doing so.
So even though I'd be cool with being an open book, I'd probably err on the side of preserving the culture of privacy.
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As a volunteer EMT that runs my fair share of 9-1-1 calls, you have no idea how long I've been waiting for the right situation to say that.
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This is obviously not a mission commander pregnancy, but if it were a mission commander pregnancy, would the baby already be an astronaut? Or would they be a stowaway? And by controlling the mission in this way, would they actually be a space pirate?
Asking for Mark Watney.
Asking for Mark Watney.
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Given the yellow‑haired parasite in charge since last year, a facehugger almost looks like an improvement to me...
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Ouch... stuff of nightmaresUnrelated, but now I'm wondering how kidney stones work in space...
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Yes, the Crew Health Care Systems (CHeCS) comes with an IV pump (2011 full med equipment list below):
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20110022379
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