Add to ORKGOn orbit, ophthalmic anesthetics are used for tonometry and off-nominal corneal examinations. Proparacaine has been flown traditionally. However, the manufacturers recently changed its storage requirements from room temperature storage to refrigerated storage to preserve stability and prolong the shelf-life. Since refrigeration on orbit is not readily available and there were stability concerns about flying proparacaine unrefrigerated, tetracaine was selected as an alternative ophthalmic anesthetic in 2013. We will discuss the challenges encountered flying and using these anesthetics on the International Space Station
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Researchers do not know if medications act the same in the spaceflight environment as they do on Ear...
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During future space exploration missions, the risk of medical events requiring surgery is significan...
Ophthalmologic issues are a source of concern for NASA flight surgeons, due to the remote nature of ...
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Long duration space missions are becoming highly probable, and with them arise new challenges. Maint...
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It is known that medications degrade over time and that extreme storage conditions will hasten their...
The increasing presence of humans in space and long-duration manned missions to the Moon or Mars pos...
Human interest in space exploration is boundless. We are driven to investigate the unknown and push ...
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This viewgraph presentation reviews issues of health care in space. Some of the issues reviewed are:...