Responding to Medical Events during Commercial Airline Flights
Authors:
- Mark A. GendreauMGMark A. Gendreau
- Charles DeJohnCDCharles DeJohn
- 4 April 2002
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 346 (14) , 1067-1073
Abstract
Physicians are often asked to provide assistance when symptoms develop in a passenger during a commercial flight. This Review Article identifies the most common problems that develop during air travel. The authors recommend ways to respond to such events and describe the resources that are available to physicians and flight crews while the aircraft is still airborne.Keywords
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