Due to the large and diverse set of possible medical conditions, crew medical training focuses on the most likely medical scenarios that may occur in the current mission profiles, with less emphasis on rarer, or unforeseen health related events. The need for good training and the access to large amounts of documentation areconditions making the use of Augmented Reality (AR) techniques most promising.
One of NASA's strategic goals is to extend and sustain human activities across the solar system. With time delays and potentially sparse communications back to Earth, astronauts may have to perform life-saving surgery without support from the Earth based flight control team. Medical crew training is a complex and labor-intensive process. Due to the large and diverse set of possible medical conditions, crew medical training focuses on the most likely medical scenarios that may occur in the current mission profiles, with less emphasis on rarer, or unforeseen health related events. The need for good training and the access to large amounts of documentation areconditions making the use of Augmented Reality (AR) techniques most promising. Also, the use of medical AR for crew training could enhance effectiveness, and expand the repertoire of available on-mission aids while minimizing resource utilization saving time, money and potentially improving outcomes.
More »The ISS Program is striving to minimize crew time spent on maintenance tasks to increase time for science and operating payloads. This project supports that goal by making complex medical tests or emergency procedures easier to perform by the crew. Since the use of electronic procedures for onboard medical procedures is pervasive across multiple domains, other potential AR medical applications will continually be identified for current or future space hardware including ISS Robonaut 2 (ISS-R2).
More »Organizations Performing Work | Role | Type | Location |
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Lead Organization | NASA Center | Houston, Texas |
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Current: | 2 |
Estimated End: | 3 |
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