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Use of Commercial Aircraft for Emergency Patient Transport

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This chapter describes the various arrangements available on commercial airliners in terms of patient installation and additional oxygen administration and provides notice on medical clearance. The use of commercial airliners for the simultaneous transport of multiple patients is also described.

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  1. Allianz Worldwide Partners, Group Medical Direction, Saint Ouen, France

    Laurent Verner M.D. & François-Xavier Duchateau M.D.

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Peninsula Deanery, Plymouth, UK

    Matthew Beardmore M.B., Ch.B. (Hons)

  3. HEMS, East Anglian Air Ambulance, Norwich, UK

    Tobias Gauss M.D.

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  1. Laurent Verner M.D.
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  4. François-Xavier Duchateau M.D.
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Correspondence to François-Xavier Duchateau M.D. .

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA

    Jose V. Nable

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

    William Brady

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Verner, L., Beardmore, M., Gauss, T., Duchateau, FX. (2018). Use of Commercial Aircraft for Emergency Patient Transport. In: Nable, J., Brady, W. (eds) In-Flight Medical Emergencies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74234-2_16

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