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  • Toxicology
  • Occupational Health

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  • Spaceflight presents unique health risks, including toxic exposures from vehicle and operational chemicals.
  • Acute toxic exposures are a concern in austere space environments with limited medical resources.
  • Advancements in commercial spaceflight necessitate publicly available clinical protocols for toxic exposure management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the literature on spaceflight toxic exposures.
  • To inform the development of clinical practice guidelines for managing acute toxic exposures in space.
  • To identify high-risk agents and inform future protocol development.

Main Methods:

  • Focused literature review of publicly available data.
  • Inclusion of NASA-published literature, safety reviews, case reports, and review articles.
  • Searches across NASA Technical Reports Server, Google Scholar, and PubMed for relevant incidents.

Main Results:

  • Identified 34 cases involving agents with potential for acute toxic effects during spaceflight.
  • Hydrazine and ammonia were the most common agents implicated in acute toxicologic exposures.
  • Analysis of incidents, including fatalities, injuries, and near-misses, highlights key risks.

Conclusions:

  • There is a critical need for clinical protocols to manage spaceflight-related toxic exposures.
  • Identifying common toxic agents like hydrazine and ammonia is vital for risk mitigation.
  • Developed protocols will enhance astronaut safety in current and future space missions.