Commercial in-flight medical emergencies
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Background
- 1 per 604 flights
- 0.3% of cases died
Epidemiology
- syncope or presyncope (37.4%)
- respiratory symptoms (12.1%)
- nausea or vomiting (9.5%)
- Cardiac symptoms (7.7)
- Seizures (5.8)
- Abdominal pain (4.1)
- Infectious disease (2.8)
- Agitation or psychiatric symptoms (2.4)
- Allergic reaction (2.2)
- Possible stroke (2.0)
- Trauma, not otherwise specified (1.8)
- Diabetic complication (1.6)
- Headache (1.0)
- Arm or leg pain or injury (1.0)
- Obstetrical or gynecologic symptoms(0.5)
Ear pain (0.4)
- Cardiac arrest (0.3)
- Laceration (0.3)
Source
- Peterson DC, et al. "Outcomes of Medical Emergencies on Commercial Airline Flights" N Engl J Med 2013;368:2075-83. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1212052