Urgent Medical and Surgical Conditions During Flights

Antalya Training and Research Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypertension; Vertigo; Arrest; Syncope; CAD; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Pain

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02457455

Antalya TRH 002

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to evaluate the incidence and status of urgent medical conditions. After defining the urgent situations, the investigators will evaluate the adequacy of the standard medical kits and trainings.

Full description

In this study, the incidence and status of urgent medical conditions, the attitudes of health professionals who encounter such conditions, adequacy of Aerospace Medical Association (ASMA) suggested medical kits and training of cabin crew in data-received-company aircrafts and the demographic data of patients have been evaluated.

Enrollment: 1,312 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 weeks to 95 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All passengers (no age limitations) needed urgent medical support during flights

Exclusion criteria

• Patients whom medical urgency records are insufficient

Trial design

1,312 participants in 1 patient group

Sick passangers

Description:

Passengers or cabincreew whom needed urgent medical supports during flights with completed medical records. (Aforementioned Flight Company records complaints, symptoms and diagnoses, demographic data, the mortality of those who request medical aid, whether medical treatment is performed by the cabin crew or by a medical professional on the plane, as well as those conditions which resulted in an emergency landing and dead). All ages are included.