title: In-flight medical emergencies: time for a registry?
abstract: When a passenger becomes sick while flying on board a commercial airline flight, the cabin crew commonly solicit the assistance of a volunteer physician. Although in-flight medical emergencies take place every day, little is known about the epidemiology of these events. A new study by Sand and colleagues sheds light on the incidence of specific illnesses that occurred on board commercial flights.
authors.affiliation: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA. keith.ruskin@yale.edu
authors.forename: Keith J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Ruskin
mesh_terms: D000337:Aerospace Medicine / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D000401:Aircraft; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D012042:Registries / Q000592:standards*