TY  - JOUR
T1  - NAvigating the challenges of in-flight emergencies
AU  - Mattison MP, Zeidel M
Y1  - 2011/05/18
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2011.618
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 2003
EP  - 2004
VL  - 305
IS  - 19
N2  - 
As the flight begins its descent, a call comes over the intercom: “Is there a physician on board?” Three internists traveling together to a meeting respond. A woman has lost consciousness. She is incontinent and unresponsive, with a strong pulse and intermittent breathing. The physicians ultimately determine the patient has hypoglycemia and a seizure. It takes multiple requests before the flight attendants provide the physicians with the emergency medical kit. When the kit arrives, the flight attendants disappear, and the physicians search in vain for glucagon or intravenous dextrose. The physicians massage oral glucose gel into the patient's buccal mucosa, and the seizure eventually stops. After landing, the cabin crew records the names and contact information of the physicians, with no discussion of the incident.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.618
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.618
ER  -