List of Offworld Medical Risks
This is a list of articles covering dangers to our people and mission.
The lists of hazards and categories below is similar to those used by NASA and the DOD in Systems Safety Analysis.
Contents
Physchological
Physiological
- Acoustic damage
- G Forces
- Bone Loss
- Muscular Atrophy
- Radiation Sickness - e.g. cosmic rays, solar radiation, nuclear piles, RTGs
- Radiation Problem -- A discussion of radiation shielding requirements.
- Cancer induced by radiation or carcinogens
- Medical Emergencies
- Telemedecine
- Lack of medical supplies
- Lack of medical expertise
- Industrial Accidents
- Roof Support -- Consider the problem of roof colaspe.
- Fire
Lack of Breathable Atmosphere
- Inhaling Lunar Dust
- Dust -- Probably the greatest hazard to a lunar settlement
- Smoke inhalation
- Asphyxiation - e.g. from Nitrogen, Helium or other inert gases
- Carbon Dioxide
- Hypoxia
Toxins
- Toxic materials - e.g. Hydrazine and other propellants
- Toxic gasses
- Liquid Toxins
- Solid Toxins
Corrosives
Temperature Problems
Pressure Problems
- Burst eardrums
- Throat irritation - from breathing pure low pressure O2
- Exposure to Vacuum
- The Bends
- Nitrogen Narcosis
