NY Times 読んで語ろうコミュのNeed a Doctor in the Air? Fly With One

Travelセクションで興味深い記事があったので載せてみました。

"Need a Doctor in the Air? Fly With One "

WHEN a New York woman died aboard an American Airlines flight returning from Haiti last month, her death raised concerns among passengers about the level of medical treatment available at 30,000 feet.

An inquiry is still under way in the death of Carine Desir, 44, aboard American’s Flight 896 on Feb. 22, but it has already prompted airlines and passengers to review the current protocol.

What happens if a passenger has a heart attack onboard? How well-equipped is the plane? What kind of training does the flight crew have?

フライト・アテンダントは応急手当の訓練は受けていても看護婦さんの代わりは出来ませんし、機内の乗客に医療関係者がいるか呼びかける手段しかないのでは、確かに心細いですよね。

But 649 planes were diverted for medical reasons and 97 people died onboard, according to the company, which advises 74 commercial carriers, including Continental, JetBlue and Virgin America.

思った以上に機上で亡くなっている方がいるようですね。

It’s also generally up to the crew to make the difficult decision about what to do with a body in the event of a death onboard. Last year, a first-class passenger on a British Airways flight from New Delhi to London woke up to find himself sitting near a corpse. The airline later said that an elderly woman from the economy section had died after takeoff, and the body was moved to first class, where there was more space for family members of the deceased to grieve with more privacy.

極上のはずのファースト・クラスで死体が横に寝かされてた、、なんていくらスペースがあるからと言ってそれはちょっとまずいんじゃないかと、、、。

Some airlines offer more training and carry more medical equipment onboard than others. American, for example, has offered defibrillators onboard since 1997, long before the government required airlines to carry them. The airline said the defibrillators have saved 81 lives.


やはり長距離フライトの多い国際線の方が米国内の線よりこういった危機管理は進んでいるようですがやはりこの問題、早急につめていってもらいたいところですね。