Daily Report: CRUX drill Arrived, ACM Greenhouse, Telemedicine
Photo Set: HMP RS - July 17, 2009
There was a meeting of the HMP Core Team members this morning, planning ahead as we enter the third quarter of the season. The busiest times are fast approaching, and we look forward to a very productive next couple of weeks.
A twin otter flight came in today with the CRUX drill, fuel and propane. Research scientists from NASA Ames Research Center will be working with the automated CRUX drill over the remainder of the season, continuing to make advances in space-drilling technologies.
The Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse team Matt Bamsey and Tom Graham, both from the University of Guelph, are wrapping up this season's work with the plant growth systems and connecting the new battery bank today. Drs. Robert Ferl and Anna-Lisa Paul, both faculty at University of Florida, planted the Fall tray with very specific soil samples they collected this season.
The medical team gave a few HMP participants a crash course in advanced skills with emergency medical scenarios using guidance from their remote chief instructors. This is part of their ongoing research in telemedicine. Yours truly got training! It was a unique experience with the realistic robotic patient used by McMaster's Centre for Simulation Based Learning, complete with audible breathing, a physical pulse and a bone protruding from an upper leg.
Today is saliva day! Many of the HMP participants this field season are taking part in a study by McMaster University student, Matt Turnock, about the correlation between stress and Cortisol levels. Thankfully, saliva day is only twice a week. Matt also gave an entertaining and informative talk this evening that he called "A Crash Course in Telemedicine and Hi Fidelity Patient Simulation."
Photo Set: HMP RS - July 17, 2009
