# RMP-RAD-003 Radiation sickness symptoms (nausea, vomiting) after a radiation event: private check-ins, a symptom-onset timeline and urgent relay
# Version 0.2 (Draft). CONCEPTUAL. NOT FOR CLINICAL USE.
# Space Medicine Foundation robot-readable protocol library. Format: https://spacemedicinefoundation.org/robotic-medicine/protocols/schema/
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schema_version: '0.3'
version: '0.2'
status: draft
conceptual: true
not_for_clinical_use: true
max_autonomy: 2
missions:
- leo
- commercial
- moon
- mars
updated: '2026-10-21'
review:
  state: reviewed-ai-assisted
  requested: '2026-10-21'
  human_clinician_review: false
  text: >-
    AI-assisted clinical and source review by the Medical Research Assistant, Oct 21, 2026 (batch 12 review:
    15 required corrections, R1 to R15; 11 optional suggestions not applied in this version), then a verification
    pass (Oct 21, 2026) that found every required correction for this protocol applied (PASS). No named
    human clinician has reviewed it. Not for clinical use.
  reviewed: '2026-10-21'
fixed_rules:
  flight_surgeon_is_medical_authority: true
  cmo_acts_under_delegated_care: true
  human_starts_and_restarts_robot: true
  robot_never_diagnoses: true
  no_drug_or_fluid_advice_by_robot: true
  safe_state_on_fault_or_no_response: true
  lost_link_pause_then_cmo_decides: true
robot_lockouts:
  diagnosis: true
  drug_or_fluid_advice: true
  starting_stopping_or_adjusting_oxygen_or_any_medicine: true
  self_start_or_self_restart: true
  changing_own_protocol_thresholds_or_limits: true
  handing_over_a_mismatched_item_as_verified: true
id: RMP-RAD-003
slug: rmp-rad-003
title: >-
  Radiation sickness symptoms (nausea, vomiting) after a radiation event: private check-ins, a symptom-onset
  timeline and urgent relay
category: rad
tier: 3
rung_note: >-
  Max rung 2 for private check-ins on screen or by voice after a radiation event, a clock-time symptom
  timeline for the flight surgeon and the CMO, handing over emesis bags and carrying only sealed used
  bags, as in RMP-NEURO-004. The robot never estimates a dose and never names a cause; "Contact with the
  crewmember: not allowed".
result_language:
  use:
  - as stated by the crewmember
  - first vomiting at <clock time>, as stated
  - sent to flight surgeon
  - reading as displayed
  - not asked – asleep
  never:
  - normal
  - no problem found
  - all clear
  - negative
  - any diagnosis or cause
  - radiation sickness
  - acute radiation syndrome
  - low dose
  - dose acceptable
  - below limit
  - within limits
  - no exposure
  - motion sickness
  - just motion sickness
  - space sickness
  - food poisoning
  - expected
  - it will pass
  - safe
  - mild
  - minor
  - potassium iodide
  - Prussian blue
  - G-CSF
  - filgrastim
  - anti-sickness medicine
  - time to vomiting
  - early vomiting
  - late onset
scope:
  summary: >-
    After a radiation alarm, a solar particle event (SPE) warning or a shelter event under RMP-RAD-001,
    on the commander's or CMO's command, or when a crewmember reports symptoms after one, the robot runs
    private check-ins on screen or by voice: red-flag questions first, then the clock time each symptom
    started (nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, loss of appetite, tiredness, skin redness). It keeps a clock-time
    timeline for the flight surgeon, alongside the dosimeter readings already logged as displayed under
    RMP-RAD-001 and RMP-RAD-002, and sends an URGENT alert for nausea or vomiting after the event, as
    RMP-RAD-001 does. On request it hands over emesis bags and carries only sealed used bags. It never
    names a cause, never estimates a dose and never wakes anyone for a check-in.
  why: >-
    After an SPE the acute effects most likely in the first (prodromal) phase are nausea, vomiting, loss
    of appetite and tiredness, with possible skin injury (NASA evidence report on acute radiation syndromes,
    2016); the CDC describes the prodromal stage as nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite, and possibly
    diarrhoea, from minutes to days after exposure (read from search extracts only). The timing of each
    symptom is information the flight surgeon needs, so the robot records clock times exactly as stated.
    Nausea and vomiting have many causes in flight, including space motion sickness (OCHMO-MTB-004, RMP-NEURO-004),
    so the robot never says which applies. The red flags match RMP-RAD-001 (nausea or vomiting after the
    event is URGENT; skin redness and tiredness are flagged). The check-in schedule after an event is
    set by the flight surgeon; the check-in wording and the timeline are design judgment. Open question
    for review: how long after an event check-ins should continue.
  covers:
  - >-
    Symptoms after a radiation alarm, SPE warning or shelter event (RMP-RAD-001), with dosimeter logs
    from RMP-RAD-002
  - A clock-time symptom timeline for the flight surgeon
  - Emesis bags handed over and sealed used bags carried
  - >-
    Vomiting care: RMP-GI-002; skin redness: RMP-SKIN-002; motion sickness without a radiation event:
    RMP-NEURO-004
  locked_out:
  - Diagnosis or naming a cause
  - Any medicine, fluid or oxygen advice; starting, stopping or adjusting oxygen
  - Touching the crewmember
  - >-
    Handing over any medicine outside RMP-PHARM-001, or after a MISMATCH or CANNOT VERIFY (the item stays
    quarantined; only the CMO can ask for it, through the RMP-PHARM-001 logged two-step override)
  - >-
    Saying a dose is acceptable, low or within limits, comparing a dose with a limit, or estimating a
    dose from symptoms
  - Naming radiation, motion sickness or any other cause for a symptom
  - >-
    Dose-interval cues for any medicine (the robot never says when a medicine is due; any medicine runs
    through RMP-PHARM-001); radiation dose readings are logged as displayed only
  - Waking a crewmember for a check-in, or entering a sleep station unless invited
  - Opening a sealed bag
  - >-
    Suggesting, naming, timing, fetching or handing over any radiation countermeasure (potassium iodide,
    Prussian blue, anti-sickness medicine, G-CSF or filgrastim) or any other medicine outside an RMP-PHARM-001
    order
  related:
  - RMP-RAD-001
  - RMP-RAD-002
  - RMP-NEURO-004
  - RMP-GI-002
  - RMP-SKIN-002
  - RMP-PHARM-001
roles:
  medical_authority: Flight surgeon (ground). Holds medical authority for every run.
  onboard_lead: >-
    Crew medical officer (CMO), acting under delegated care; uses the pre-approved onboard checklist when
    there is no link.
  others:
  - 'Second trained CMO: receives every alert and takes over if the CMO is the patient'
  - 'Vehicle commander: leads any cabin emergency procedure'
  - 'Other crew: help as the CMO or commander directs'
  robot_may:
  - Run private check-ins after a radiation event, on screen or by voice
  - Keep a clock-time symptom timeline
  - Hand over emesis bags and carry sealed used bags
  - Alert the CMO and flight surgeon
  robot_may_not:
  - Name a cause or estimate a dose
  - Touch anyone
  - Wake anyone for a check-in
  - Start without a human command or an accepted prompt
  commercial: >-
    On commercial flights, 'flight surgeon' and 'CMO' mean the operator's designated medical authority
    and trained onboard responder. If no trained responder is aboard, this protocol is not used. (NASA-STD-3001
    requires two CMOs per vehicle for NASA programs [V1 3006]; FAA rules set no medical standards for
    spaceflight participants.)
preconditions:
- id: PRE-1
  text: >-
    The commander or the CMO started the protocol by command after a radiation alarm, SPE warning or shelter
    event, or a crewmember reported symptoms after one, or a crewmember accepted a scheduled check-in
    prompt.
  check: human_start == true
  refs:
  - V2 10174
- id: PRE-2
  text: Robot self-test passed; kit stowage locations known.
  refs:
  - V2 10161
  - V2 7059
- id: PRE-3
  text: Robot and supplies restrained when not moving.
  refs:
  - V2 7046
- id: PRE-4
  text: Link status known. The crew never wait for the robot before acting.
  check: link_state in [live, delayed, down]
consent:
  standard: >-
    The crewmember agrees to the check-ins and to answers being logged and sent to the flight surgeon.
    Check-ins are private; the CMO is told of any red flag.
  emergency: >-
    If the crewmember cannot answer, the robot sends an URGENT alert and a crewmember checks in person
    (X7).
  withdrawal: The crewmember can skip any question or stop check-ins; the alert already sent stands.
inputs:
- id: IN-1
  name: The event and its clock time, as logged under RMP-RAD-001
  source: RMP-RAD-001 log / commander
  required: true
  if_missing: Log "event time not stated"; the check-in still runs.
- id: IN-2
  name: >-
    Symptoms in the crewmember's words with clock times (nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, loss of appetite,
    tiredness, skin redness, fever, confusion, bleeding)
  source: Crewmember
  required: true
  if_missing: Log "no response"; URGENT (D2).
- id: IN-3
  name: Dosimeter and vehicle monitor readings as displayed
  source: RMP-RAD-002 log
  required: false
  if_missing: Log "reading not obtained" (never a value).
- id: IN-4
  name: Check-in schedule, set by the flight surgeon
  source: Flight surgeon
  required: false
  if_missing: Check-ins on command only.
- id: IN-5
  name: Link status and delay
  source: Communications system
  required: true
  if_missing: Treat as link down; the CMO leads under the onboard checklist.
steps:
- id: S1
  actor: robot
  rung: 2
  action: >-
    Tell the flight surgeon and the CMO that symptom tracking after the radiation event has started, with
    the event time as logged under RMP-RAD-001 (URGENT at once if any nausea or vomiting is stated). Every
    URGENT alert goes to the CMO and the flight surgeon at the same time (queued for the flight surgeon
    if the link is down). If the CMO is the patient, is busy treating, or does not answer, the alert goes
    to the second trained CMO, or the crewmember named before flight [V1 3006]. An URGENT alert that is
    not acknowledged within <set by validation> seconds is repeated and sent to the next named crewmember.
  success: Notice sent; URGENT alert if a symptom was stated.
  refs:
  - V1 3006
  - V2 10174
- id: S2
  actor: robot
  rung: 2
  action: >-
    Run a private check-in on screen or by voice, camera off: red-flag questions first, then the clock
    time each symptom started (nausea, each time of vomiting, diarrhoea, loss of appetite, tiredness,
    skin redness or burning). Log the answers word for word with clock times. A crewmember who is asleep
    at a scheduled check-in is never woken: log "not asked – asleep" and tell the CMO.
  success: Answers logged, "no response", or "not asked – asleep".
  refs:
  - V1 6003
- id: S3
  actor: robot
  rung: 2
  action: >-
    On the crewmember's request, hand over emesis bags and wipes from stowage; take only sealed used bags
    the crewmember has closed to the waste stowage the CMO names, never opening them.
  success: Bags handed over; sealed bags stowed.
  refs:
  - V2 7064
- id: S4
  actor: robot
  rung: 2
  action: >-
    Send the symptom timeline as clock-time entries to the flight surgeon, next to the radiation readings
    already logged as displayed under RMP-RAD-001 and RMP-RAD-002, and show it to the CMO for care. It
    is never shown to the crewmember next to dose readings. The robot never works out a time from the
    event to a symptom and never says what a timing means.
  success: Timeline sent to the flight surgeon and shown to the CMO.
  refs:
  - V1 6003
- id: S5
  actor: crew
  action: >-
    The CMO sees the crewmember on any symptom; fluids, medicine and any other care are decided by the
    CMO or the flight surgeon.
  success: Care as decided.
  refs:
  - V1 3004
- id: S6
  actor: robot
  rung: 2
  action: >-
    After any URGENT alert: After an URGENT alert the robot does not leave on its own: it stays at its
    rest position in the module, with its screen and voice link available, until a human has taken over
    or tells it to go. It never follows, blocks or touches anyone. It keeps time-stamping what humans
    say they did, and repeats the alert if it is not acknowledged.
  success: Robot at rest in the module until a human releases it; alert acknowledged or escalated.
  refs:
  - V2 10173
  - V1 3006
- id: S7
  actor: ground
  action: >-
    The flight surgeon (or the CMO under the onboard checklist when there is no link) reviews the timeline
    with the radiation readings and decides on care and the next check-in time.
  success: Decision logged.
  refs:
  - V1 3004
- id: S8
  actor: robot
  rung: 2
  action: >-
    Only after the CMO or flight surgeon has placed an order, run RMP-PHARM-001 for the ordered item (fetch,
    barcode match to every order field, recipient check). This protocol adds nothing to that check, never
    suggests an order, and never hands anything over outside RMP-PHARM-001.
  success: RMP-PHARM-001 run logged with its result, or none ordered.
  refs:
  - V2 7059
- id: S9
  actor: robot
  rung: 2
  action: >-
    At each check-in time the flight surgeon sets, show an on-screen prompt the crewmember can accept;
    the check-in runs only when they accept, and never wakes anyone.
  success: Prompt accepted or "not accepted" logged.
  refs:
  - V2 10174
- id: S10
  actor: robot
  rung: 2
  action: >-
    Send the flight surgeon one package: the symptom timeline as stated, radiation readings as displayed,
    alerts and decisions.
  success: Package delivered or queued.
  refs:
  - V1 6003
  - V1 7003
decisions:
- id: D1
  after: S2
  decided_by: robot
  question: >-
    Checked after every answer and at any point in the run (even mid-question or mid-step): does any answer,
    reading or observation meet a red flag?
  branches:
  - if: 'Yes'
    then: >-
      Stop the current question or step at once and apply the action listed for each matching red flag
      (URGENT alert, flag, or stop), with the answer or reading itself, never a cause. Every URGENT alert
      goes to the CMO and the flight surgeon at the same time (queued for the flight surgeon if the link
      is down). If the CMO is the patient, is busy treating, or does not answer, the alert goes to the
      second trained CMO, or the crewmember named before flight [V1 3006]. An URGENT alert that is not
      acknowledged within <set by validation> seconds is repeated and sent to the next named crewmember.
  - if: 'No'
    then: Continue.
- id: D2
  after: S2
  decided_by: robot
  question: Did the crewmember answer the check-in, or say they want to skip a question?
  branches:
  - if: 'Yes'
    then: Continue.
  - if: Declined explicitly (the crewmember says no to a question)
    then: Log "declined" for that question only; the alert already sent stands.
  - if: No response, or the answer does not make sense
    then: >-
      URGENT: log "no response" (never "declined"); the CMO, or the second trained CMO if the CMO is the
      patient, checks the crewmember in person at once.
- id: D3
  after: S7
  decided_by: ground
  question: What care and what next check-in time apply?
  branches:
  - if: Link live
    then: Flight surgeon decides; robot logs.
  - if: Link down or delay too long
    then: >-
      The CMO decides under the pre-approved onboard checklist; the flight surgeon reviews the log at
      the next contact.
- id: D4
  after: S8
  decided_by: robot
  question: What did RMP-PHARM-001 show for the ordered item?
  branches:
  - if: MATCH TO ORDER
    then: >-
      RMP-PHARM-001 completes its own recipient check and hand-over; this protocol only logs "MATCH TO
      ORDER. Not a dose, interaction or allergy review." and the clock time.
  - if: MISMATCH or CANNOT VERIFY on any field, or a failed scan or recipient check
    then: >-
      MISMATCH or CANNOT VERIFY shown with the fields named. No hand-over under this protocol: the item
      stays sealed in the NOT VERIFIED bag in quarantine (the RMP-PHARM-001 default), and the robot never
      hands it over unprompted or to anyone but the CMO. The robot does not offer or suggest an override.
      Only if the CMO explicitly makes the two-step override request inside RMP-PHARM-001 can the item
      go to the CMO, logged there as an override with the reason and the mismatched fields, and flagged
      to the flight surgeon.
    handoff: none
stop_rules:
- id: X1
  trigger: The patient (or the crewmember being examined) says stop, or withdraws consent
  action: >-
    Robot stops all motion at once, backs away to its rest position and tells the CMO. Recording stops
    unless the patient agrees to keep it running.
  level: stop
  refs:
  - V2 10165
- id: X2
  trigger: Any crewmember presses stop or takes over control
  action: Protective stop; robot holds its stopped position; only a human may restart it.
  level: safe-state
  refs:
  - V2 10165
  - V2 10168
  - V2 10174
- id: X3
  trigger: Robot fault, sensor fault, or a force, speed or reach limit is reached
  action: Protective stop and hand control to the CMO; log the fault.
  level: safe-state
  refs:
  - V2 10172
  - V2 10168
- id: X4
  trigger: CMO is asked to take over and does not respond (for example, the CMO is the patient)
  action: Robot stays stopped; the next named crewmember is called.
  level: safe-state
  refs:
  - V2 10173
  - V2 7045
- id: X5
  trigger: Loss of link, or delay longer than the limit for live guidance
  action: >-
    Only the robot pauses: before it holds, it moves to a position clear of a hatch route or a crewmember's
    route (it never pauses in one), and tells the CMO. This pauses robot movement only: crew shelter,
    care already under way and all other care continue under the onboard checklist and never wait for
    the link or the robot. The CMO decides whether the robot continues offline under the pre-approved
    onboard checklist; it resumes only on the CMO's confirmation.
  level: pause
  refs:
  - V2 10172
  - V2 10173
- id: X6
  trigger: An URGENT alert is not acknowledged within the set time
  action: >-
    Robot repeats the alert and sends it to the next named crewmember (the second trained CMO first if
    the CMO is the patient), and keeps repeating at the set interval. It stays where it is: it does not
    leave on its own.
  level: urgent
  refs:
  - V1 3006
  - V2 10173
- id: X7
  trigger: The crewmember stops responding, or seems confused or drowsy, at any point
  action: >-
    URGENT alert at once, even mid-question or mid-step; the robot stops its current task, stays at its
    rest position and does not continue the run; a crewmember checks in person.
  level: urgent
- id: X8
  trigger: >-
    A crewmember asks the robot what is wrong, or for medicine, fluid or treatment advice, including any
    question about a radiation countermeasure
  action: >-
    Robot declines, says it cannot assess or advise, and routes the question to the CMO or flight surgeon.
  level: stop
- id: X9
  trigger: A new radiation alarm or shelter order
  action: Check-ins stop; the robot follows RMP-RAD-001 on the commander's command.
  level: urgent
  refs:
  - V2 10173
- id: X10
  trigger: Someone needs the space or route the robot is in
  action: Robot moves clear at once without contact and holds; it never pauses in a hatch route.
  level: safe-state
  refs:
  - V2 10172
red_flags:
- id: RF1
  sign: Nausea or vomiting after the event, as stated
  threshold: any
  action: URGENT alert; see RMP-GI-002; the flight surgeon decides
  source: erars
- id: RF2
  sign: Diarrhoea after the event, as stated
  threshold: any
  action: URGENT alert; the flight surgeon decides
  source: cdcars
- id: RF3
  sign: Vomiting blood or material like coffee grounds
  threshold: any
  action: URGENT alert; see RMP-GI-002
  source: cg141
- id: RF4
  sign: Fever or shaking chills
  threshold: >-
    <set by clinical lead> degrees (shared parameter FEVER_ALERT_C: body temperature in degrees Celsius,
    the same value in RMP-GI-003, RMP-ENT-002, RMP-SKIN-002 and RMP-RENAL-004) or higher, or any shaking
    chills
  action: URGENT alert; see RMP-INF-001
  source: ng253
- id: RF5
  sign: Bleeding gums, nosebleeds, unusual bruising or blood in the stool, as stated (design judgment)
  threshold: any
  action: URGENT alert; the flight surgeon decides
- id: RF6
  sign: Confusion, disorientation or a severe headache, or unresponsive
  threshold: any
  action: >-
    URGENT alert; start RMP-CARD-001 if not breathing normally (AHA 2025 basic life support); erars also
    lists headache, impaired thinking and disorientation
  source: nice150
- id: RF7
  sign: Skin redness or burning, as stated
  threshold: any
  action: Flag to the flight surgeon; see RMP-SKIN-002
  source: erars
- id: RF8
  sign: Unusual tiredness or weakness, as stated
  threshold: any
  action: Flag to the flight surgeon
  source: erars
- id: RF9
  sign: Unable to keep fluids down, or passing little urine, as stated
  threshold: any
  action: URGENT alert; see RMP-GI-002 (as RMP-NEURO-004 RF2)
  source: mtb004
- id: RF10
  sign: >-
    Any new symptom after the event that is not listed above, including loss of appetite, headache or
    dizziness, as stated
  threshold: any
  action: Flag at once to the flight surgeon and the CMO
  source: erars
safety_limits:
- id: L1
  name: Contact with the crewmember
  value: not allowed
  enforced: Keep-out zone in the robot controller
  refs:
  - V2 10172
- id: L2
  name: Robot speed near the crewmember
  value: <set by validation>
  enforced: Hard limit in the controller
  refs:
  - V2 10172
logs:
- id: LOG-1
  text: Every input, robot action, decision (with who made it) and hand-off, time-stamped to the second.
  refs:
  - V2 10163
  - V2 10164
- id: LOG-2
  text: Mode changes and safety-limit events are announced to the operator as they happen and logged.
  refs:
  - V2 10162
  - V2 10172
- id: LOG-3
  text: >-
    Records are stored and sent as private medical data, encrypted, with access limited to the medical
    team.
  refs:
  - V1 6003
  - V1 7003
- id: LOG-4
  text: Results are kept in a permanent, retrievable format so the flight surgeon can see trends.
  refs:
  - V1 7001
- id: LOG-5
  text: >-
    Each check-in with answers and symptom clock times as stated; "not asked – asleep"; emesis bags handed
    over and sealed bags carried; links to the RMP-RAD-001 and RMP-RAD-002 logs.
- id: LOG-6
  text: >-
    Each URGENT alert, who received it, the time it was acknowledged (or the escalation to the next named
    crewmember), and the time a human released the robot.
  refs:
  - V2 10163
- id: LOG-8
  text: >-
    Each RMP-PHARM-001 run started from this protocol: order ID, result (MATCH TO ORDER, MISMATCH or CANNOT
    VERIFY with the fields), quarantine, and any CMO override logged by RMP-PHARM-001 (reason and mismatched
    fields), at clock time. No running counter of doses.
  refs:
  - V2 7059
requirements:
- id: V1 3004
  use: In-mission medical care; the flight surgeon decides on care after a radiation event.
- id: V1 3006
  use: >-
    Two trained CMOs per vehicle for NASA programs; the second trained CMO receives alerts when the CMO
    is the patient (see the commercial-flight note).
- id: V1 6003
  use: Logs and alerts sent to the ground are private medical communications.
- id: V1 7001
  use: Records kept so the flight surgeon can see trends.
- id: V1 7003
  use: Secure handling of medical records.
- id: V2 7045
  use: Usable by non-physician crew, including when the CMO is the patient.
- id: V2 7046
  use: Patient, caregiver and supplies restrained.
- id: V2 7059
  use: Kit inventory and seal status are tracked.
- id: V2 7064
  use: 'Trash management: used items leave only in a sealed waste bag.'
- id: V2 10161
  use: Robot shows its status and health.
- id: V2 10162
  use: Mode changes are announced to the operator.
- id: V2 10163
  use: Robot records and shares its data.
- id: V2 10164
  use: Shows whether the human or the robot is expected to act.
- id: V2 10165
  use: Human can override and shut down the robot.
- id: V2 10168
  use: Human can take over.
- id: V2 10172
  use: Protective stop when a limit is exceeded.
- id: V2 10173
  use: Robot stays stopped if no one takes over.
- id: V2 10174
  use: Only a human starts or restarts the robot.
validation:
- stage: simulation
  what: >-
    Scripted check-ins after an SPE with vomiting stated, diarrhoea, a crewmember asleep at check-in,
    a new alarm mid-check-in, CMO as patient, lost link.
  pass: Every red flag URGENT or flagged as listed; zero cause or dose statements; zero wakings.
- stage: training model
  what: Check-in drills with timeline display.
  pass: Every symptom logged with its clock time.
- stage: parabolic or station demonstration
  what: Bag hand-over and sealed carries in weightlessness.
  pass: No loose items.
- stage: flight use under flight surgeon supervision
  what: First use after a radiation event.
  pass: No safety or privacy events.
signoff:
  protocol:
  - Clinical lead for the specialty (sets every clinical threshold marked <set by clinical lead>)
  - Flight surgeon, as medical authority
  - Robotics and medical-device safety board
  - Program approval for the mission
  restart_after_stop: >-
    Human only. After any emergency or protective stop, a crewmember must restart the robot; the robot
    never restarts itself.
  each_run: >-
    Started by the commander or CMO after a radiation event, by a crewmember's report, or by an accepted
    prompt. The flight surgeon judges every symptom and reading.
change_control:
- Every change gets a new version number and a written reason; earlier versions are kept.
- >-
  Any change to steps, thresholds, limits or software that touches the patient repeats validation from
  the simulation stage before use.
- >-
  Software and learned-skill updates follow a pre-agreed change plan (what may change, how it is tested,
  how to roll back), modeled on the FDA predetermined change control plan approach.
- >-
  If a new version misbehaves, the robot rolls back to the last validated version and the event is reviewed
  by the flight surgeon and safety board.
- The robot never changes its own protocol, thresholds or limits.
comms:
  live: 'Low Earth orbit: the flight surgeon receives each check-in when the link allows.'
  loss_of_signal:
  - >-
    Only the robot pauses non-essential motion, at a position clear of hatch routes and crew routes, and
    tells the CMO; it resumes offline only on the CMO's confirmation.
  - >-
    Crew shelter, care already under way and all other care continue under the onboard checklist and never
    wait for the link or the robot.
  - Check-ins are queued; any red flag goes to the CMO at once.
  mars_delay:
  - 'Mars: the CMO decides under the onboard checklist; the timeline is reviewed with delay.'
sources:
- key: erars
  text: >-
    NASA Human Research Program. Evidence Report: Risk of Acute Radiation Syndromes due to Solar Particle
    Events (2016).
  url: https://humanresearchroadmap.nasa.gov/evidence/reports/Acute.pdf
  supports: >-
    The acute radiation effects most likely in the prodromal phase after an SPE exposure are nausea, vomiting,
    anorexia and fatigue, with possible skin injury. Read Oct 21, 2026.
- key: cdcars
  text: >-
    U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Acute Radiation Syndrome: Information for Clinicians
    (2024).
  url: https://www.cdc.gov/radiation-emergencies/hcp/clinical-guidance/ars.html
  supports: >-
    The prodromal stage of acute radiation syndrome brings nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite, and
    possibly diarrhea, from minutes to days after exposure, lasting minutes to several days; a latent
    stage follows. Read Oct 21, 2026. The CDC page itself could not be fetched from the box (403); this
    summary is from search-engine extracts of the page, so it is partly verified (saved note in src/b12).
- key: tb020
  text: NASA OCHMO. Design for Ionizing Radiation Protection. Technical Brief OCHMO-TB-020 Rev G (2025).
  url: https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ochmo-tb-020-radiation-protection.pdf
  supports: >-
    Shielding is effective against solar particle events (SPEs); monitoring, accurate event determination,
    dosimetry and timely reporting to alert crew to seek shelter are essential. A storm shelter can add
    about 10 cm water equivalent in crew quarters, for example by rearranging water containers and other
    high-hydrogen items; radiation alerting gives early warning so the crew can configure the shelter;
    real-time alert dosimetry protects EVA crew if the EVA is ended within 2 hours with access to shielding.
    Read Oct 21, 2026.
- key: mtb004
  text: >-
    NASA OCHMO. Space Adaptation Sickness (SAS) and Space Readaptation Syndrome. Medical Technical Brief
    OCHMO-MTB-004 Rev A (Sept 25, 2025).
  url: https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ochmo-mtb-004-space-adaptation-sickness-sas.pdf
  supports: >-
    Space adaptation sickness and its parts (motion sickness, congestion, headache, back pain, urinary
    retention) in the first days of flight.
- key: cg141
  text: >-
    National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in over 16s:
    management. Clinical guideline CG141 (2012).
  url: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg141
  supports: >-
    Management of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Cited only as context for vomiting blood as a
    red flag: it is a management guideline, not a symptom list.
- key: ng253
  text: >-
    National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Suspected sepsis in people aged 16 or over: recognition,
    assessment and early management. NICE guideline NG253 (2025, last updated Sept 23, 2026).
  url: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng253/chapter/Face-to-face-assessment
  supports: >-
    People with sepsis may feel very unwell and may not have a high temperature; do not rely on fever
    alone; a rise in temperature can be a physiological response; assess temperature, heart rate, breathing
    rate, blood pressure, level of consciousness and oxygen saturation; look for mottled or ashen skin,
    blue skin, lips or tongue, a non-blanching rash, and breaks in the skin; ask how often the person
    passed urine in the past 18 hours and about fever or shaking chills (rigors); pay attention to new
    changes in behavior and to concerns raised by others.
- key: aha2025bls
  text: >-
    Kleinman ME, Buick JE, Huber N, et al. Part 7: Adult Basic Life Support: 2025 American Heart Association
    Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. Circulation. 2025;152(16_suppl_2):S448-S478.
  url: https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001369
  doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001369
  pmid: '41122888'
  supports: >-
    Adult basic life support: initial recognition of cardiac arrest, activation of the emergency response,
    high-quality CPR and use of an automated external defibrillator; also respiratory arrest and foreign-body
    airway obstruction. Earth guidance; the onboard checklist leads. Abstract read via PubMed Oct 21,
    2026; full text not read.
- key: v1
  text: 'NASA. NASA-STD-3001, Space Flight Human-System Standard, Volume 1: Crew Health, Revision C (2023).'
  url: https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/nasa-std-3001-vol-1-rev-c-with-signature.pdf
  supports: 'NASA-STD-3001 Vol 1 Rev C: V1 3004, V1 3006, V1 6003, V1 7003.'
- key: v2
  text: >-
    NASA. NASA-STD-3001, Volume 2: Human Factors, Habitability, and Environmental Health (Rev F, 2026),
    including Section 10.6 Automated and Robotic Systems.
  url: https://standards.nasa.gov/standard/NASA/NASA-STD-3001_VOL_2
  supports: Requirement IDs beginning V2.
- key: tb044
  text: NASA OCHMO. Medical Operations. Technical Brief OCHMO-TB-044 (2025).
  url: https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ochmo-tb-044-medical-operations.pdf
  supports: >-
    The crew surgeon keeps medical authority when care is delegated; crew medical officers train on the
    JSC 48522 medical checklist.
- key: marsdelay
  text: >-
    NASA. Mars communications disruption and delay (fact sheet, 2023 Moon to Mars Architecture Concept
    Review).
  url: https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mars-communications-disruption-and-delay.pdf
  supports: >-
    One-way Earth-Mars delay up to about 21-23 minutes, plus blackouts of about 2-3 weeks near solar conjunction.
- key: pccp
  text: >-
    U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Marketing submission recommendations for a predetermined change
    control plan for artificial intelligence-enabled device software functions (guidance).
  url: >-
    https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/marketing-submission-recommendations-predetermined-change-control-plan-artificial-intelligence
  supports: A model for planning, validating and rolling back software updates.
- key: faa460
  text: 'U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 14, Part 460: Human space flight requirements.'
  url: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-III/subchapter-C/part-460
  supports: >-
    Federal rules for crew and spaceflight participants on licensed commercial flights; they set no medical
    standards for spaceflight participants.
- key: nice150
  text: >-
    National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Headaches in over 12s: diagnosis and management.
    Clinical guideline CG150.
  url: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg150/chapter/Recommendations
  supports: >-
    Headache features that need further investigation or referral include worsening headache with fever,
    sudden-onset headache reaching maximum intensity within 5 minutes, new-onset neurological deficit,
    and impaired level of consciousness.
corrections:
- date: '2026-10-21'
  version: '0.2'
  source: Batch 12 AI-assisted clinical review (Medical Research Assistant), Oct 21, 2026
  items:
  - >-
    R6: new lockout on suggesting, naming, timing, fetching or handing over any radiation countermeasure
    (potassium iodide, Prussian blue, anti-sickness medicine, G-CSF or filgrastim) or any other medicine
    outside an RMP-PHARM-001 order; these names are never-words; X8 routes any countermeasure question
    to the CMO or flight surgeon. Design judgment.
  - >-
    R7: the symptom timeline (including the clock time of first vomiting) goes only to the flight surgeon,
    and to the CMO for care; it is never shown to the crewmember next to dose readings. The robot never
    works out a time from the event to a symptom; never-words "time to vomiting", "early vomiting", "late
    onset". Design judgment.
  - >-
    R8: new RF10: any new symptom after the event that is not listed, including loss of appetite, headache
    or dizziness, as stated, is flagged at once to the flight surgeon and the CMO (erars: "nausea, vomiting,
    anorexia, and fatigue").
  - >-
    R9: RF9 (cannot keep fluids down, or passing little urine) is now URGENT, matching RMP-NEURO-004 RF2.
    RF6 now cites NICE CKS headache (nice150), with erars on neurological symptoms; AHA 2025 basic life
    support stays only for "not breathing normally".
  - >-
    Batch 12 protocols now record the review as AI-assisted (Medical Research Assistant, Oct 21, 2026);
    no named human clinician.
