Identifying organ donors attended by prehospital healthcare professionals - A scoping review.

Introduction: Organ donation is a life-saving intervention that provides hope for patients with end-stage organ failure, improving their longevity and quality of life. However, the demand for organs far exceeds the supply, leading to a significant disparity between patients on transplant waiting lists and the availability of suitable organs. To address this issue, innovative strategies, such as uncontrolled donation after circulatory death (uDCD) programs, have been proposed to expand the donor pool to the prehospital setting.

Submarine medicine: An overview of the unique challenges, medical concerns, and gaps.

Submariners face many challenges. For example, they "live where they work" and can be called to duty anytime. They have limited access to open space, natural settings, fresh air, fresh food, sunlight, privacy, exercise, and outside communication.

Motion sickness diagnostic criteria: Consensus Document of the Classification Committee of the Bárány Society.

We present diagnostic criteria for motion sickness, visually induced motion sickness (VIMS), motion sickness disorder (MSD), and VIMS disorder (VIMSD) to be included in the International Classification of Vestibular Disorders. Motion sickness and VIMS are normal physiological responses that can be elicited in almost all people, but susceptibility and severity can be high enough for the response to be considered a disorder in some cases. This report provides guidelines for evaluating signs and symptoms caused by physical motion or visual motion and for diagnosing an individual as having a response that is severe enough to constitute a disorder.

Computerized Tests of Team Performance and Crew Coordination Suitable for Military/Aviation Settings.

Introduction: The coordination of team effort on shared tasks is an area of inquiry. A number of tests of team performance in challenging environments have been developed without comparison or standardization. This article provides a systematic review of the most accessible and usable low-to-medium fidelity computerized tests of team performance and determines which are most applicable to military- and aviation-relevant research, such as studies of group command, control, communication, and crew coordination.

The Neurovestibular Challenges of Astronauts and Balance Patients: Some Past Countermeasures and Two Alternative Approaches to Elicitation, Assessment and Mitigation.

Astronauts and vestibular patients face analogous challenges to orientation function due to adaptive exogenous (weightlessness-induced) or endogenous (pathology-induced) alterations in the processing of acceleration stimuli. Given some neurovestibular similarities between these challenges, both affected groups may benefit from shared research approaches and adaptation measurement/improvement strategies. This article reviews various past strategies and introduces two plausible ground-based approaches, the first of which is a method for eliciting and assessing vestibular adaptation-induced imbalance.

Military Occupations Most Affected by Head/Sensory Injuries and the Potential Job Impact of Those Injuries.

Objective: Identifying Department of Defense (DoD) occupations affected by injuries to the head and sensory systems.

Methods: We explored the Defense Medical Epidemiology Database to identify occupations with the highest incidence of injured personnel, then ranked how frequently they occurred in a top 10 list for each of four injury categories (head/brain, visual, auditory, vestibular) encompassing 25 injury codes. Across all four categories, the most affected occupations were identified, among which we chose three Army combat-related military occupational specialties (MOSs) for detailed study.

Motion sickness and sopite syndrome associated with parabolic flights: a case report.

Objective: The purpose of this paper was to provide an extensive description of a case of sopite syndrome, a manifestation of motion sickness scarcely described in the literature.

Design: The following questionnaires were used to assess sopite syndrome symptoms pre, during and post parabolic flight; Misery Scale rate, Positive and Negative Affect Scale, the Motion Sickness Assessment Questionnaire and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale.

Study Sample: Case report of a 35-year old female compared to a control group (n = 26).

Functional screening for vestibular and balance problems soon after head injury: options in development for the field or aid station.

Vestibular balance dysfunction has been documented as a military problem after duty-related barotrauma and/ or traumatic head acceleration. We are fostering the development of rapid, portable, fieldable tests of balance function after such vestibular insults. We consulted on military-relevant tests with more than 50 vestibular researchers, scientific advisors, clinicians, and biomedical engineers working for government agencies, universities, clinics, hospitals, or businesses.

Quantum oscillations in the topological superconductor candidate Cu(0.25)Bi2Se3.

Quantum oscillations are generally studied to resolve the electronic structure of topological insulators. In Cu(0.25)Bi(2)Se(3), the prime candidate of topological superconductors, quantum oscillations are still not observed in magnetotransport measurement.

Using flight simulators aboard ships: human side effects of an optimal scenario with smooth seas.

Introduction: The U.S. Navy is considering placing flight simulators aboard ships.