Citation

Missoni E, Vuković Dijčinovski N, Stančić M. Promet 2006; 18(4): 301-304.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Faculty of Traffic and Transport Sciences, University of Zagreb)

DOI

10.7307/ptt.v18i4.700

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The paper presents medical emergencies during the flight-time. The focus is on the most common types and causes of these emergencies. World indicators show an increase in the passenger number and accordingly, an increased number of emergency conditions and interventions. Lately, the larger aircraft have been produced, with larger number of seats and that leads to the increase in emergency medical interventions during long intercontinental flights. A typical sequence of events during medical interventions in aircraft is presented. Elderly passengers and those who have known chronic diseases have to take care about their condition by consulting the physicians,whose main scope of work is aviation medicine.

Language: en