In-flight medical incapacitation and impairment of airline pilots

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1077-1079

  DeJohn, Charles A ^a,c   Wolbrink, Alex M ^b   Larcher, Julie G ^a  

^a Civil Aerospace Medical Institute   (United States)

^b AMR   (United States)

^c FAA CAMI (AAM 630)   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft accidents; Diversions; Impairment; Incapacitation

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AIRPLANE PILOT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FLIGHT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; JOB CHANGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; AVIATION; DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33749995196     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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