Overview:
EVA 102 course participants will learn about space medicine, wilderness medicine, human performance, leadership and psychological resilience. The course will dedicate a special focus to extreme environment and wilderness medicine, and how the spaceflight environments may inform triage and first aid scenarios. The on-site portion of this class will focus on wilderness medicine in extreme environments, culminating with triage instruction with scenarios and skills pertaining to wilderness medicine and employing remote techniques such as those that would be used on Mars.

Course Objectives:
It is anticipated that at the end of this course, participants will have gained 1) basic knowledge and understanding of space medicine and physiology, specifically the space environment as it pertains to human health pre-, post- and in-flight, 2) an appreciation of extreme environments and how they inform space exploration, and 3) a basic understanding of, and be able to demonstrate basic competency in skills related to wilderness medicine and outdoor survival.

Curriculum:
Course Breakdown & Schedule: Online Seminars (12 hours) = 6 x 2 hours – Each 2 hour webinar will consist of a didactic component, self-study & pre-reading as preparation, discussion and a post-webinar evaluation.

Course Composition: Coursework, self-study, didactic lectures, office hours. Web portal with presentations, videos will host course material that students can access.
Webinar 1: Introduction to the Spaceflight Environment & Human Health Issues in Spaceflight
Webinar 2: Principles of Survival & Wilderness Medicine
Webinar 3: Overview of Classroom Component
Webinar 4: Introduction to the Space Medicine Challenges and Concepts.
Webinar 5: Introduction to Space Medicine specifications and developments: Commercial Spaceflight-Class, Exploration-Class, Settlement-Class.
Webinar 6: Introduction to Operational Space Medecine and Spaceflight Healthcare System.

Scientific papers:
• Nicogossian A. Medicine and space exploration. Lancet Extrem medicine, 2003 Dec
Stewart LH, Trunkey D, Rebagliati Emergency medicine in space. J Emerg Med. 2007
Jan;32(1):45-54
• Komorowski M et al. Fundamentals of Anesthesiology for Spaceflight. J Cardioth Vasc
Anest. 2016 Jan
• Jennings RT et al. Medical Qualification of a Commercial Spaceflight Participant : Not
Your Average Astronaut. Aviat Space Environ Med 2006 ; 77 :475-484
• Bogomolov VV et al. International Space Station Medical Standards and Certification for
Space Flight Participants. Aviat Space Environ Med 2007 ;78 :1162-9
• Jennings RT et al ; The ISS Flight of Richard Garriott : a Template for Medicine and
Science Investigation on Future Spaceflight Participant Missions.

Classroom component and survival course: Didactic Classroom & Practical Component (40 hours = 4.5 days)
Day 1: Arrival and check-in + ½ day classroom component
Day 2-4: Classroom component, skill building, triage, scenarios.
Day 5: Individual skills assessments, group and individual debrief, course evaluations, pack-up, leave
NB: The practical component of this class will include a significant outdoor component.
Participants will need to be medically cleared by their physician to take part and should expect to
partake in strenuous physical activity. A suggested gear list will be sent out well in advance of
the course.

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