Using telecontrolled high-fidelity human patient simulators to evaluate and educate healthcare providers and telemedical consultants delivering acute medical care under exterme conditions

Telemedicine is a fundamental component of health care delivery in space, and attempts have been made to evaluate and validate various protocols in extreme and remote environments that replicate the resource deficient and psychologically demanding conditions of human spaceflight. Furthermore, high-fidelity clinical simulation has been suggested to be an effective means of assessing the performance of healthcare teams and observing interpersonal …