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“Is there a doctor on board?”: Practical recommendations for managing in-flight medical emergencies

David Kodama, Bobby Yanagawa, Jim Chung, Ken Fryatt and Alun D. Ackery
CMAJ February 26, 2018 190 (8) E217-E222; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.170601
David Kodama
Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine (Kodama, Ackery); Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery (Yanagawa), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Air Canada (Chung), Saint Laurent, Que.; WestJet Airlines Ltd. (Fryatt), Calgary, Alta.; St. Michael’s Hospital (Yanagawa, Ackery), Toronto, Ont.; ORNGE Air Ambulance (Ackery), Toronto, Ont.
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Bobby Yanagawa
Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine (Kodama, Ackery); Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery (Yanagawa), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Air Canada (Chung), Saint Laurent, Que.; WestJet Airlines Ltd. (Fryatt), Calgary, Alta.; St. Michael’s Hospital (Yanagawa, Ackery), Toronto, Ont.; ORNGE Air Ambulance (Ackery), Toronto, Ont.
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Jim Chung
Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine (Kodama, Ackery); Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery (Yanagawa), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Air Canada (Chung), Saint Laurent, Que.; WestJet Airlines Ltd. (Fryatt), Calgary, Alta.; St. Michael’s Hospital (Yanagawa, Ackery), Toronto, Ont.; ORNGE Air Ambulance (Ackery), Toronto, Ont.
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Ken Fryatt
Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine (Kodama, Ackery); Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery (Yanagawa), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Air Canada (Chung), Saint Laurent, Que.; WestJet Airlines Ltd. (Fryatt), Calgary, Alta.; St. Michael’s Hospital (Yanagawa, Ackery), Toronto, Ont.; ORNGE Air Ambulance (Ackery), Toronto, Ont.
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Alun D. Ackery
Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine (Kodama, Ackery); Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery (Yanagawa), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Air Canada (Chung), Saint Laurent, Que.; WestJet Airlines Ltd. (Fryatt), Calgary, Alta.; St. Michael’s Hospital (Yanagawa, Ackery), Toronto, Ont.; ORNGE Air Ambulance (Ackery), Toronto, Ont.
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  • For correspondence: ackerya@smh.ca

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