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How I built a first aid kit for astronauts

Virginia Wotring · TED

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About

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.

The talk

  1. How I built a first aid kit for astronauts 11 min · TED's player

Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
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Speaker
Virginia Wotring
Year
2017
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Medicine and health, Astronomy and space
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
Who can watch
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