Exploration Highlight

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Week of 10/04/2010
NASA is developing and testing new and innovative
technologies that will enable the future of safe
and efficient human exploration.
iRevive Medical Recorder/Lightweight Trauma
Module (LTM) Research Summary The LTM/iRevive
System is an integrated system that will provide
an accurate patient history and assist in
treatment to help astronauts provide efficient
medical care in the event of an accident or other
medical emergency during spaceflight.
Description The National Space and Biomedical
Research Institute Smart Medical Systems and
Technology team is developing the system that
will create an accurate medical record for vital
sign readings and observational data.
Capabilities The LTM will measure vital signs
and serve as an emergency treatment system to aid
in keeping an injured astronaut alive while the
iRevive will automatically record the data and
allow observational information to be recorded.
The integrated system will have the capability to
receive data from other monitoring systems and
features a Body Picker tool that will graphically
depict the body in zones for recording
data. Earth Application The LTM/iRevive system
could be used in the emergency room, on a
battlefield or at the scene of an accident. More
information http//www.nsbri.org/newsflash/indivA
rticle.asp?id454articleID134
The iRevive/LTM system prototype. Photo credit
Impact Instrumentation and Sparx Engineering
The Body Picker image above allows caregivers to
record observations of a patient easily and
uniformly. Photo credit 10Blade, Inc.
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