Lessons learned from an in-flight medical event

JAAPA. 2017 Sep;30(9):1-4. doi: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000522138.21811.11.

Abstract

Air transportation, although safe, exposes passengers to distinct physical, psychological, and physiological stressors that may be well tolerated in a healthy passenger but may trigger or exacerbate a medical event in a passenger with underlying medical problems. This article describes how a medical provider on the flight assisted with a medical emergency on a transatlantic flight.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Air Travel*
  • Aircraft
  • Airway Obstruction / psychology
  • Anxiety / complications*
  • Chest Pain / psychology*
  • Dyspnea / psychology
  • Emergency Medical Services / methods
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Panic Disorder / complications*
  • Travel-Related Illness*
  • Xerostomia / psychology