Simulating a medical emergency on an aircraft in microgravity Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Images
Nobody has experienced cardiac arrest in space, yet. But with plans to send humans back to the moon within a few years and on missions to Mars down the line, the chances are it will happen at some point.
A new study led by Jochen Hinkelbein at the University Hospital of Cologne in Germany provides the most comprehensive guidelines yet on how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in space.
“This is a critical work on a medical emergency that mercifully has not occurred yet during space flight,” says…
Article amended on 17 November 2020
We clarified the nature of the potential medical emergency in space
