Overview:
NASA’s Exploration Medical Integrated Product Team (XMIPT) is seeking medical just-in-time training (JITT) methods and platforms that accommodate scalable training modules. The primary focuses are minimizing crew training duration, enhancing knowledge retention, and mitigating the impact of long intervals between training and the application of acquired skills.
Background:
The prolonged durations of exploration missions will require crews to have greater autonomy in handling medical events, while also extending the gap between their training and the practical application of those skills. JITT can offer training that is short (up to 10 minutes) and provided for urgent (not emergent) medical events prior to starting a procedure. Other training types such as refresher and real-time guidance are not of primary focus; however, a platform accommodating all training types may be of added interest.
The ideal solution will:
- Be developed with current widespread usage or a relevant prototype that can be validated/evaluated through a trial
- Be functional in a resource-limited setting:
- Minimize
- Require no earth-based internet or cloud connection for functionality
- Be modifiable to fit spaceflight-specific medical modules and medical hardware
- Accommodate a broad range of users, from minimally trained to physician level
- Eliminate need for real-time guidance in urgent medical scenarios
Possible Training Modules and Hardware:
- Example Medical Procedures:
- Starting IV, Blood draws, Foley Catheter, Eye foreign body removal, Eyewash, laceration closure, Intramuscular/Subcutaneous injections, Intravenous butterfly, Nasal/Oral airway, Intubating laryngeal mask airway, Needle thoracentesis, Fracture/Dislocation
- Example Medical Hardware:
- Ultrasound, X-ray, Lab Analysis, Vital signs, Mars Medical System
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