In-flight emergencies: Playing The Good Samaritan

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 628-631

  Shepherd, B ^a   Macpherson, D ^b   Edwards, C M B ^a  

^a HILLINGDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AVIATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FLIGHT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SERVICE; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REVIEW; SKILL;

EID: 33845977733     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.99.12.628     Document Type: Review

References (20)

1. Dowdall N. 'Is there a doctor on the aircraft?' Top 10 in-flight medical emergencies. BMJ 2000;321:1336-7
2. Select Committee on Science and Technology. Air Travel and Health: Fifth Report. London: House of Lords, 15 November 2000
3. www.airbus.com. Accessed 13 July 2006
4. Lord Nicholls. Stovin v Wise 1996 3 WLR 388
5. General Medical Council. Good Medical Practice. 3rd edn. London: GMC, 2001. Available at www.gmc-uk.org/standards (accessed 5 September 2005)
6. Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee 1957 WLR 583
7. Wilsher v Essex Area Health Authority 1987 QB 730
8. Whitehouse v Jordan 1986 1 ALLER 267
9. Bolitho v City & Hackney Health Authority 1998 AC 232
10. Aviation Medical Assistance Act of 1998. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1998
11. Goodwin T. In-flight medical emergencies: an overview. BMJ 2000;321:1338-41
12. DeJohn CA, Veronneau SJ, Wolbrink AM, et al. The evaluation of in-flight medical care aboard selected US air carriers: 1996-1997. Washington DC: Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Aviation Medicine, 2000. DOT/FAA report AM-0013
13. www.airlinequality.com. Accessed 30th September 2005
14. Dehart RL. Health issues of air travel. Ann Rev Public Health 2003;24:133-51
15. Gendreau MA, DeJohn CA. Responding to medical events during commercial airline flights. N Engl J Med 2002;346:1067-73
16. Eklof B, Kistner RL, Masuda EM, Sonntag BV, Wong HP. Venous thromboembolism in association with prolonged air travel. Dermatol Surg 1996;22:637-41
17. Aerospace Medical Association, Medical Guidelines Taskforce. Medical Guidelines for Air Travel, 2nd edn. Aviat Space Environ Med 2003;74:A1-A19
18. Wallace WA, Wong T, O'Bichere A, Ellis BW. Managing in flight emergencies. BMJ 1995;311:374-6
19. Dyer C. Doctor demands payment for helping airline passenger. BMJ 1998;317:701
20. Hordinsky JR, George MH. Utilization of Emergency Kits by Air Carriers. Oklahoma City: Federal Aviation Administration, Civil Aeromedical Institute, 1991/DOT/FAA report AM-91/2