Hinkelbein, J., Adler, C., Bernhard, M., Hohn, A., Jansen, S., Komorwoski, M., Neuhaus, C. and Warnecke, T. (2018). Recommendations of the S2e guideline of the German Society of Aerospace Medicine for cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation during commercial flights. Notfall Rettungsmed., 21 (1). S. 49 - 56. NEW YORK: SPRINGER. ISSN 1436-0578

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Abstract

Background. In 2017, more than 3 billion people worldwide will travel by aircraft and commercial air transport. Although air travel is safe, between 1 out of 14,000 to 1 out of 50,000 passengers will experience acute medical problems (in-flight medical emergencies, IFME) during their flight. Cardiac arrest during air travel accounts for 0.3% of all IFME, but it is the cause of 86% in-flight deaths. Methods and results. By using a systematic literature search including the GRADE, RAND, and DELPHI methods, 28 specific recommendations on this topic have been created. Where evidence was lacking, an expert consensus was built. The main recommendations in the guideline are: emergency equipment location as well as content should be mentioned in the preflight safety announcement; it is very important to request help by an on-board announcement after identification of a patient with cardiac arrest; two-person CPR is considered optimum and should be performed if possible; the crew should be trained regularly in basic life support-ideally with a focus on CPR in aircraft; a diversion should immediately be performed if the patient has a return of spontaneous circulation.

Item Type: Journal Article
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Hinkelbein, J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Adler, C.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Bernhard, M.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Hohn, A.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Jansen, S.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Komorwoski, M.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Neuhaus, C.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Warnecke, T.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-197784
DOI: 10.1007/s10049-017-0395-2
Journal or Publication Title: Notfall Rettungsmed.
Volume: 21
Number: 1
Page Range: S. 49 - 56
Date: 2018
Publisher: SPRINGER
Place of Publication: NEW YORK
ISSN: 1436-0578
Language: German
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
COUNCIL GUIDELINES; EMERGENCIES; AIR; AIRCRAFT; SKILLS; TRAVELMultiple languages
Emergency MedicineMultiple languages
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/19778

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