Transport of a ventilator-dependent patient from Los Angeles to Athens by commercial airline.
When a young man with terminal cancer requested return to his native country to spend the remainder of his life with family and friends, the medical team assigned to take him home learned firsthand the challenges of caring for a ventilator-dependent patient during a long international flight on a commercial aircraft.
D000401:Aircraft; D002140:California; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D014187:Transportation of Patients