Any health emergency during flight can be catastrophic. And many can be avoided by doctors or by alerting passengers onboard who know how to do CPR.
In such an incident recently a 20 year old woman died of cardiac arrest, her life could be saved due to proper response and timely CPR. Kashif N Choudhary, director of cardiac electrophysiology at UPMC, spoke about the spinal cooling phenomenon, how important it is to know exercise.
In a tweet, Choudhary said, “Cardiac arrest at 35,000 feet in the air. Earlier today, on our flight to Phoenix, a 20-year-old girl died. Onlookers panic after the immediate medical emergency was announced “
“I immediately ran to her seat. She was unresponsive, drooling, eyes rolled back. I checked her carotid and radial pulses, she had none. We led her down the aisle and immediately started CPR We quickly formed a team. My wife @NailaShereen and another cardiologist on board quickly divided the tasks. When I did CPR, another cardiologist got an AED from the plane’s first aid kit and applied it to the patient, while Nella collected relevant history from friends who accompanied the patient and communicated with him, abd updated a medical team on the ground. Thankfully, after exactly 90 seconds of CPR, our patient received a The pulse got back and started to become somewhat agitated. Within 10 minutes, she was able to sit and with support, we got her back to her seat,” he further wrote in his tweet.
The plane was later diverted to the nearest airport and by the time it landed, the woman was more oriented.
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