Medical Countermeasures.pdf

Medical technology gaps for future human spaceflight activities, including lunar and Mars missions, have been identified. These gaps include:
1. Autonomous medical examination and diagnosis systems
2. Genetic risk evaluation
3. Long-term preservation of pharmaceuticals
4. Treatment priority guidelines (triage)
5. Emergency return and treatment during transit
6. Death response and body management
7. Procedure support and training techniques
8. Medical waste and fluid management
9. Autonomous primary emergency care
10. Autonomous secondary emergency care
11. Cardiac arrest treatment and diagnosis
12. Burn treatment and diagnosis
13. Carbon monoxide poisoning treatment and diagnosis
14. Ammonia poisoning treatment and diagnosis
15. Sepsis treatment and diagnosis
16. Anaphylaxis treatment and diagnosis
17. Skin trauma treatment and diagnosis
18. Airway obstruction treatment and diagnosis
19. Acute compartment syndrome treatment and diagnosis
20. Eye trauma treatment and diagnosis
21. Pressure trauma treatment and diagnosis
22. Head trauma treatment and diagnosis
23. Facial trauma treatment and diagnosis
24. Thoracic trauma treatment and diagnosis
25. Abdominal trauma treatment and diagnosis
26. Limb trauma treatment and diagnosis.