Suborbital

6 articles tagged · 1 topic · 3 clinical · 2 equipment · 0 research

SMF-T-0007 · draft

Space Motion Sickness & Space Adaptation Syndrome

Nausea, malaise and vomiting in the first days of weightlessness as the vestibular system adapts.

Gravity FieldsVestibular & SensorimotorGI & Nutrition

Clinical articles (3)

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-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

SMF-C-0007 · protocol · draft

Space motion sickness

Who gets space motion sickness, how it is graded, why promethazine is NASA's treatment of choice, what else is used, and how to manage the same symptoms after landing.

◆◆◆◇ Moderate · F E

Equipment guides (2)

SMF-E-0002 · reference · draft

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.