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In-Flight Medical Emergency

Issues with anxiety come from, in most cases it seems, insufficient contingent and empathic response during ones formative years. That being the case, it isn't surprising that anxiety would be caused by the recent reporting in the media that - initially - pointed to the death of a passenger due to unresponsive flight attendants.

When I read the initial reports, I did not draw the same conclusions that distressed relatives did. Nor do I believe you will draw the same conclusions when you read the following and understand how in-flight medical emergencies are handled.

First, when a passenger becomes ill in-flight, when a flight attendant learns of the illness, announcement is made asking if there is a doctor on board. If a doctor responds, the doctor's credentials must be verified; then the medical kit which is kept locked - and sealed - in the cockpit is made available to the doctor.

If no doctor is on board, major airlines are still equipped to respond. Major airlines keep a doctor on call. The captain calls the dispatch center. The dispatcher contacts the doctor, and puts the doctor on the radio so that the captain can provide the doctor with the available information.

If the doctor advises an immediate landing, the dispatcher checks the available airports, the airport weather, and the airport proximity to a hospital. Once chosen, the plane diverts to that airport. Meanwhile, a medical team in an ambulance is dispatched to meet the plane. This means, in many cases, medical attention is available more quickly than if you were on the ground, and perhaps even more quickly than if you were in a hospital.

In this case, three doctors, two emergency medical technicians and two nurses offered help. Both oxygen and a defibrillator were used. According to an airline spokesman, a flight attendant was initially asked for oxygen due to diabetes. Oxygen is not normally administered for diabetes, and so the flight attendant reportedly replied, "OK, but we usually don't need to treat diabetes with oxygen, but let me check anyway and get back to you." American claims oxygen was administered within three minutes of the initial request when the issue was clarified.

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Even Tried "Air Combat"

Captain Tom,

First let me tell you I am an experienced flyer. I have flown over 1.2 million miles on Delta and probably 500,000 on Southwest. About three years ago my anxiety began in earnest. Not sure what caused it, but I hear that folks around thirty-five to forty develop this on occasion.

I tried everything. Hypnosis, other courses, psych visits. I even forced myself to participate in "Air Combat USA". This is where you fly a trainer fighter plane and dogfight with another participant over Catalina Island. Nothing worked. Although my "Air Combat" experience was not that bad . . . guess I have some control issues. :-)

Anyway, then I found SOAR. What a God Send! While my anxiety is still there it is greatly decreased. Case in point was the flight I just got off of. First we were delayed due to weather. Then our non-stop turned into a one stop to pick up stranded passengers. Upon our lift-off the plane hit Jet Exhaust turbulence. If I had not practiced your Strengthening Exercises that would have started a cascade of fear. Yet instead I just said experience the situation "as it is" adding nothing, taking away nothing. It's Jet Turbulence I am in with zero danger, and guess what? I wasn't. Then we had a very bumpy ride. Again I remembered I was swimming in Jello, the flight attendants carried on and I was in no danger. No cascade again.

Then it got really choppy, I mean REALLY choppy. The pilot came on and said Kansas City was closed due to heavy snow storms and we would have to circle for 1/2 hour in order for them to clear the runway. Normally this would have sent me into total anxiety. Not this time. I told myself the system was working, we had tons of fuel, the plane was very safe, in fact safer than the drivers on the highway in Kansas City. We were swimming through Jello with hundreds of professionals watching our aircraft and two seasoned professionals up front in a state of the art plane. After forty-five minutes the pilot made a decision to go to St. Louis. I got my non-stop after all. We landed in St. Louis, although three hours late, safe and sound just as expected.

The skills I learned through the SOAR program are invaluable.

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

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Should Airliners Be More Green?

Patrick discusses the facts and fallacy of aircraft emissions at this link.

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