title: The basic health care system for the lunar base crew.
abstract: A plan of the health care system for the crew on the lunar base is described in this study. The health care system consists of two subsystems. The first is the daily health care system. The system contains health care menus, similar to those on Earth, and some biochemical and ordinary medical examinations. The second system is a periodic medical inspection for the crew's bones and the determination of natural radioisotopes in the body. These care systems are automatically treated with the examination and data filing. Usually these examinations are carried out without the presence of a medical doctor. Examinations and files of the whole results are controlled by a computer. The daily results of examinations are compared with data in the file. If any abnormal values are found in the results, an appropriate message is sent advising whether he must receive an in-depth examination by a medical doctor, or be reexamined by the same submenu. The automatic health care system also records transactions with the life support monitoring system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Terai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nitta
mesh_terms: D000337:Aerospace Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D001331:Automation; D015519:Bone Density; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000639:trends*; D016081:Moon; D013026:Space Flight