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What actually happens when someone gets sick on a plane? This is what happened when I treated an unconscious woman on a flight to India.
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I decided to make this video on the advice of Kevin Jubbal who made a fantastic video about his experience dealing with an on-board issue while still a medical student, go check out his video and subscribe! youtube.com/watch?v=CP9g_SUyv2U
I still have no regular place to film so set is a work in progress but that incredible Van Gogh-inspired heart in the background is the work of a phenomenal artist and medical student, Faye Enamno. Her shop: redbubble.com/people/fayee8
Music:
Tango de Manzana by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Downloaded from incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?collection=15
The Life and Death of a Certain K. Zabriskie, Patriarch by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: chriszabriskie.com/vendaface
Artist: chriszabriskie.com
References:
Outcomes of Medical Emergencies on Commercial Airline Flights (NEJM paper) nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1212052
Is there a doctor on board? mdedge-files-live.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/files/s3fs-public/Document/May-2017/nable_in-flightmedicalemergencies.pdf
In-Flight Medical Emergencies during Commercial Travel nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMra1409213
Responding to Medical Events during Commercial Airline Flights nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra012774
A flight emergency ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2626355
Surgery at 33,000ft newsweek.com/surgery-33000-feet-183666
Nottingham surgeon renowned for 'mid-air operation' retires bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-34428383
High flying hubris dynamicchiropractic.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=37125
What actually happens when someone gets sick on a plane? This is what happened when I treated an unconscious woman on a flight to India.
Get 1 no-obligation month of unlimited CuriosityStream at curiositystream.com/medlife using the promo code ‘medlife’.
More Medlife Crisis:
medlifecrisis.co.uk
twitter.com/medcrisis
facebook.com/Medlifecrisis
instagram.com/medcrisis
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I decided to make this video on the advice of Kevin Jubbal who made a fantastic video about his experience dealing with an on-board issue while still a medical student, go check out his video and subscribe! youtube.com/watch?v=CP9g_SUyv2U
I still have no regular place to film so set is a work in progress but that incredible Van Gogh-inspired heart in the background is the work of a phenomenal artist and medical student, Faye Enamno. Her shop: redbubble.com/people/fayee8
Music:
Tango de Manzana by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Downloaded from incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?collection=15
The Life and Death of a Certain K. Zabriskie, Patriarch by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: chriszabriskie.com/vendaface
Artist: chriszabriskie.com
References:
Outcomes of Medical Emergencies on Commercial Airline Flights (NEJM paper) nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1212052
Is there a doctor on board? mdedge-files-live.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/files/s3fs-public/Document/May-2017/nable_in-flightmedicalemergencies.pdf
In-Flight Medical Emergencies during Commercial Travel nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMra1409213
Responding to Medical Events during Commercial Airline Flights nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra012774
A flight emergency ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2626355
Surgery at 33,000ft newsweek.com/surgery-33000-feet-183666
Nottingham surgeon renowned for 'mid-air operation' retires bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-34428383
High flying hubris dynamicchiropractic.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=37125
