MAINTENANCE OF CARDIOVASCULAR ADAPTABILITY DURING PROLONGED WEIGHTLESSNESS

Abstract

Special techniques are expected to be necessary during prolonged zero gravity because of the absence of hydrostatic pressure influences to maintain cardiovascular adaptability and provide the orbiting astronaut with optimum tolerance for reentry stresses. A multiple tourniquet approach to intermittently obstruct venous return from the periphery has been devised,

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0273605

Entities

People

  • Duane E. Graveline

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Bandages
  • Blood
  • Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
  • Cardiovascular System
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Heart
  • Heart Rate
  • Hydrostatic Pressure
  • Maintenance
  • Medical Laboratories
  • Static Pressure
  • United States
  • Weightlessness

Readers

  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Trauma Surgery or Emergency Medicine.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris