How I built a first aid kit for astronauts

Name: How I built a first aid kit for astronauts
Uploaded: 2017-04-22T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 10 min
Description: Picture the size of the average Earthbound clinic. Now imagine the size of an average spacecraft. In this informative talk, pharmacologist Dr. Virginia Wotring explains how she helped figure out how to fit the healthcare apparatus found in the former into the confined area of the latter, all the while anticipating the medical needs unique to human beings floating in space.

TEDxFoggyBottom 2017Apr 201710 min26881 views

Speaker

Virginia WotringTED Speaker | The Science of Behavior Change

About this talk

Picture the size of the average Earthbound clinic. Now imagine the size of an average spacecraft. In this informative talk, pharmacologist Dr. Virginia Wotring explains how she helped figure out how to fit the healthcare apparatus found in the former into the confined area of the latter, all the while anticipating the medical needs unique to human beings floating in space.