# How I built a first aid kit for astronauts

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxFoggyBottom
- Speaker: Virginia Wotring
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Astronomy and space
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/virginia_wotring_how_i_built_a_first_aid_kit_for_astronauts)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [How I built a first aid kit for astronauts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/virginia_wotring_how_i_built_a_first_aid_kit_for_astronauts/bbadfb139292), 11 min (TED's player)