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...physician who travels quite a bit, I spend a lot of time on planes listening for that dreaded "Is there a doctor onboard?" announcement. I've been called only once--for a woman who had merely fainted. But the incident made me curious about how often this kind of thing happens. I wondered what I would do if confronted with a real midair medical emergency--without access to a hospital staff and the usual emergency equipment. So when the New England Journal of Medicine last week published a study about in-flight medical events, I read it with interest...
...last November, at one of her final public appearances. The 101-year-old arrived by helicopter to relaunch the aircraft carrier Ark Royal and, spurning a ride in her blue-and-gold-striped motorized buggy, told 2,000 sailors and dignitaries: "I'm so happy to be once again onboard Ark Royal. You see, I launched her and her predecessor [in 1950]. So it's wonderful to feel that now she's going to be at sea and guarding our shores just as in the days of yore ... Captain, splice the main brace" ? a reference to the old naval custom...
...Europe's largest broker. For example, charter planes can take off and land from 3,000 airports in Europe, 10 times the number available to commercial carriers. Forget about arriving hours ahead of your flight to check in and clear security points. Even for overseas journeys, most customers are onboard within 15 minutes of their airport arrival. And if you wrap up your work early, or need to stay late, the airplane is ready when you are. "Reducing the hassle factor is a very important consideration," says Daniel Solon, an analyst at Avmark International, an aviation consultancy in London...
...Somebody help me!" and then calling for "water, contact solution, anything you have." Passengers passed cups and glasses back to the scene. One of the attendants poured a bottle of water over Reid, who was then restrained with passengers' belts and sedated with drugs from the onboard medical kit. For the rest of the tense flight--the captain had warned that Reid might have accomplices onboard--passengers and crew guarded their prisoner, one of them keeping a grip on his long ponytail. Escorted by Air Force fighters, Flight 63 was diverted to Boston, where Reid was taken into custody...
...Somebody help me!" and then calling for "water, contact solution, anything you have." Passengers passed cups and glasses back to the scene. One of the attendants poured a bottle of water over Reid, who was then restrained with passengers' belts and sedated with drugs from the onboard medical kit. For the rest of the tense flight-the captain had warned that Reid might have accomplices onboard-passengers and crew guarded their prisoner, one of them keeping a grip on his long ponytail. Escorted by Air Force fighters, Flight 63 was diverted to Boston, where Reid was taken into custody...