How Space Know-How Is Making Ambulances Safer
“When paramedics come racing, the last thing anybody is worrying about is where the ambulance was earlier that morning. But traces of those earlier calls could linger — and spread disease. An innovative new product, designed with NASA’s help, aims to sterilize the rig and gear to make it safer for patients and paramedics.
The product uses atomic oxygen and oxidation, two things NASA is familiar with, explains Sharon Miller, a research engineer at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. “I work in space environment testing here at Glenn, and primarily what I do is look at how materials on spacecraft react when they’re in the environment of upper atmospheres of planetary bodies and in space.”…”
https://www.ecnmag.com/news/2018/08/how-space-know-how-making-ambulances-safer
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