Melbourne | Space Medicine 101
Details
This is the free monthly meeting of the Space Association of Australia - all welcome!
Feature: Space Medicine 101 with Dr Rowena Christiansen
The meeting will be streamed live here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwl4RKKX2GM and then made available on-demand via the Space Association's YouTube channel - SAA.TV.
DATE: 28 October 2019
TIME: 7:00 - 10:00 pm
VENUE: Golden Gate Hotel, 238 Clarendon Street, South Melbourne
HOW TO FIND US: The Golden Gate Hotel is on the north-western corner of the intersection of Clarendon and Coventry Streets. Take the stairs or lift up to level 1 - we'll be in the Coventry Room.
GETTING THERE:
By car: Car parking is best in Coventry Street west of Clarendon Street.
By tram: Route 12 (via Collins Street), Stop 127 (York Street, then walk south) or Stop 128 (Dorcas Street, then walk north).
FEATURE PRESENTATION:
Dr Christiansen will provide an overview of what happens to the human body in space including the challenges for surgery and anaesthesia in the space environment, and also take a look at the potential pitfalls of space tourism.
Dr Christiansen is not scared to ask the tough questions: Is space tourism a disaster waiting to happen from a medical perspective? Is my appendix useful, and should I take it with me if I'm going to Mars? These and other questions will be answered in this fascinating presentation.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Dr Rowena Christiansen (BA Hons, LLB, Grad Dip Ed, MBA, MB BS, ACCAM, DCH, Master of Emergency Health, Grad Cert Space Studies) is a medical educator in the Melbourne Medical School, and also works as a prehospital emergency doctor. She has undertaken post-graduate training in emergency medicine and critical care, women and children’s health, aviation medicine and space studies, disaster health, and emergency management. Rowena enjoys sharing her knowledge as a BLS, ALS, and PALS instructor, and pursues special interests in disaster management, prehospital and wilderness medicine, extreme environments, and aerospace medicine.
Full meeting details can be found here: http://tdy.cl/se/JQYOxlI