Telemedicine application in a

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Telemedicine application in a Lunar Medical
Contingency Simulation
Azhar Rafiq, MD, MBA Virginia Commonwealth
University Richmond, VA
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Team
R.A. Scheuring6, J.A. Jones2, P. Lee3, J.M.
Comtois4, S. Chappell3,5, , S. Braham7, E.
Hodgson8, P. Sullivan4, N. Wilkinson3, D.
Bach9, S. Torney2 ,R. Merrell1 1 - Virginia
Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 2 -
NASA-Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 3 -
Haughton-Mars Project/Mars Institute, Vancouver,
BC 4 - Canadian Space Agency, Montreal, Canada
5 - Rocky Mountain Rescue, Boulder, CO 6 -
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston,
Houston, TX 7 - Simon Fraser University,
Vancouver, BC 8 - Hamilton-Sundstrand Space,
Land Sea, Windsor Locks, CT 9 - Wyle Life
Sciences, Inc., Houston, TX
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Purpose and Goal

• During a simulated lunar extravehicular activity
  (EVA) session
• Demonstrate the mechanisms for telemedicine
  application during a medical evacuation scenario
• Design, validate and implement sensor network for
  semi-autonomous physiological monitoring system.
• Confirm capability links globally for
  physiological data distribution

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Location
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Geographic architecture
EVA Med Evac Site
3 Km
Base Camp
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Sensor network

• Skin Surface Temperature 4 sites
• Pulse Oximeter - Heart Rate
• Pulse Oximeter - Oxygen Saturation (SpO2)
• Plethysmograph Blood Volume (Profusion)
• Respiratory rate
• CO2 exhaled
• CO2 inhaled

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Bio Sensor Network
Pulse oximetry sensor
Respiratory monitor
Skin Temperature sensor

• Physiological sensor network in direct contact
  with skin

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Data conditioning
Sensor network
Data sampling and conditioning
Data pre-processing
Data archive and analysis
Data communication
VPack
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Simulation architecture
WAN 54 Mbps
CAI-1
Humvee
CAI-2
Repeater (WAN)
Base Camp
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Data routing architecture
SATCOM (2 Mbps)
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Data display interface
Helmet up display (HUD) Remote sites

• Local hub

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Partners
arafiq_at_vcu.edu