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Log Book for April 13, 2006
EVA Report
Norbert Frischauf & Gernot Gröemer Reporting

EVA Number: 12
EVA Name: GeoMars/MedMars

Objectives: Acquire some geological samples in the near vicinity of the Habitat at coordinates UTM NAT27 14250685 N and 518751 E by EVA Team 1. Afterwards an accident is to be simulated. A rescue EVA Team (EVA Team 2) is to be called in. First aid and transportation of the wounded astronaut are to be practiced.

EVA Commander: G. Gröemer
EVA Navigator: G. Gröemer
EVA Crew: A. Soucek / C. Hutsteiner, M. Spiss
Hab Comm: N. Frischauf

Planned Route: MDRS to UTM NAD27 14250685 N and 518751 E

Timeline:
Don Suits: 14:30 (Team 1 - Gröemer and Soucek):
Don Suits: 15:00 (Team 2 - Hutsteiner and Spiss)
Enter Airlock: 14:48 / 15:45
Egress: 14: 58 / 15:55
Ingress: 16:35
Enter Hab: 16:45

New Waypoints Established by EVA Crew: None

Samples: Geological Sample 12-1
Sample Number: 12-1
GPS-Coordinates: UTM NAD27 14250685 N and 518751 E
Time: 15:00
Photos: 3

Narrative: This EVA was originally intended as a geological excursion to take more samples from a site where white piles indicated gypsum abundances south of Phobos Hill. After taking that sample, XO Soucek –in a "intended" mission anomaly - fell down and injured his right ankle. A level 3 emergency (means: abort EVA; secure equipment and crew, return to station) was declared and telemedical support initiated by the Habcom to the Flight surgeon team at Mission Control. Two additional Crewmembers donned their suits in an emergency procedure which allows for a suit-up in about 20 minutes (instead of 60 minutes). The medevac team arrived about 30 minutes later on-scene, bringing a) equipment to stabilize the injured leg and b) to administer a liquid "analgesic" (lemon juice) into the drinking water system of the patient. In an exhausted excerise, two EVA-teammembers carried the patient back to the hab, cycling him through the airlock and provide further medical treatment including the application of a cast.


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