与商业航班相关的医疗问题
Danielle Silverman1, Mark Gendreau
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital and Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA.
Lancet (London, England)
|February 24, 2009
概括
由于环境变化,航空旅行对健康构成风险,可能会使现有条件恶化. 意识和机载医疗资源对于管理每年20亿名旅客的飞行医疗事件至关重要.
科学领域:
- 航空航天医学 航空航天医学
- 旅行 医学 旅行 医学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 商业航空旅行每年影响近20亿人,需要意识到相关的健康风险.
- 飞行中的环境和生理变化,包括轻微的缺氧和气体膨胀,可以引发医疗事件.
- 越来越多的患有先前存在的疾病的人乘飞机旅行,导致飞行中的医疗紧急情况变得更频繁.
研究的目的:
- 突出与商业航空旅行相关的潜在健康风险.
- 通知医疗保健提供者和旅行者关于飞行中的医疗问题.
- 审查可用于管理飞行医疗紧急情况的可用资源.
主要方法:
- 在飞行过程中对环境和生理因素的审查.
- 分析健康风险,如静脉血栓栓塞,辐射暴露,时差和机空气质量.
- 检查船上医疗资源和支持系统.
主要成果:
- 空中旅行带来风险,包括缺氧,气体膨胀,静脉血栓栓塞,辐射暴露,时差差和机空气质量问题.
- 以前存在的医疗状况可能会因航空旅行而恶化,增加飞行中事件的可能性.
- 医疗资源如器具,除器和远程医疗支持可用于应急管理.
结论:
- 医疗保健提供者和旅行者必须意识到航空旅行对健康的影响.
- 积极的管理和风险意识对于安全的航空旅行至关重要.
- 机上医疗资源在解决飞行中的医疗紧急情况方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
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