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Search and Rescue Is Search and Rescue—Or, the Basics Still Apply
Wilderness & Environmental MedicineVol. 16Issue 1p2Published in issue: March, 2005- James P. Bagian
Cited in Scopus: 0The discussion in this issue of Wilderness & Environmental Medicine regarding the survival of Caenorhabditis elegans subsequent to the space shuttle Columbia disaster1 uses what, on the surface, could appear to be a trivial finding and transforms it into a springboard to point out the implications for the survival of the crew in the event of a spacecraft mishap. The authors do this through a methodical dissection of the core challenges that must be dealt with in order to enhance the likelihood of crew survival subsequent to any aerospace mishap.