This NASA astronaut got a life-threatening blood clot in the neck
What happens when you get sick or injured in space, thousands of miles from the nearest hospital? Earlier this year, I came across a letter to the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine. In that letter, some NASA scientists told the story of how an anonymous NASA astronaut was found to have a clot in the internal jugular vein of the neck during a spaceflight mission. This event changed how we think of healthcare in spaceflight and sparked discussion about emergency medical care in space. In this video, we discuss the challenges and solutions behind medical emergencies during spaceflight.
Links:
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056...
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
