MAT - EP

Description

• Stress, emotion and groupdynamics of the crew in the field and the members of the MSC during Analog Mars Field simulations)
• Medical emergency database with recording of incidents and near- incidents in all participants during Analog Mars Field simulations
• Medical data acquisition under various physical workload conditions & biomedical data telemetry

PI: Univ. Prof. Dr. Thomas J. Luger
Organization: Medical University Innsbruck thomas.luger@i-med.ac.at; +43 (0)676 83144 501

Summary

This experiment is an ongoing OEWF multi-mission study.
During the campaign, the crew and the members in the MSC are working close together. These experiments during a simulation are stressful for the suit tester as seen in the “well-being” questionnaire and demand strong efforts from those working in the field and in the MSC. During baseline and the entire Analog Mars Field Simulation we evaluate emotion, actual exposure and stress experience
Data archive inputs: Medical preparedness, emergency medicine and incidents recording & Long-term medical emergency database
Continuous telemetry of normal to life threatening ECG data in a dummy (technical approach): Comparison of well defined ECG signals of a data generator, e.g. sinusrhythm, atrial defibrillation, extrasystolia, from the suit (without suit tester inside) to the server in comparison.

Emergency biomedical data telemetry: The test subjects underwent a sequence of well-defined physiological workload patterns, whilst the routine monitoring data stream was relayed to the biomedical engineering team (BME). The suittester is performing the workload (a) near the Aouda-X and (b) in the fully – equipped Aouda-X, respectively. Environmental parameter telemetry: Biomedical environmental data will be recorded (a) in the closed suit without the suit tester inside using a data generator and (b) in the fully – equipped Aouda-X with suittester. The data will be transferred via telemetry between suit and the servers in the Base and MSC.

Objectives

The purpose of this study is to document the (near)injuries and illnesses sustained by all persons in the field and the MSC during the mission and to provide an insight into the frequency and severity of such incidents and into medical preparedness.
Comparison of ECG signals of a data generator to check the telemetry quality.

Additional Publication