In-Flight Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and COVID-19

Jung Eon Kim

doi:10.46246/KJAsEM.210020

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기내 심폐소생술과 COVID-19

In-Flight Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and COVID-19

김정언

인제대학교 일산백병원 응급의학과

Jung Eon Kim

, M.D.

Department of Emergency Medicine, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang, Korea

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Jung Eon Kim
Department of Emergency Medicine, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, 170 Juhwaro, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang 10380, Korea
Tel: +82-31-910-7119
Fax: +82-31-910-7188
E-mail: i0451@paik.ac.kr

Received: December 16, 2021; Accepted: December 17, 2021

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Korean J Aerosp Environ Med 2021; 31(3): 68-72

Published December 31, 2021 https://doi.org/10.46246/KJAsEM.210020

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As the number of passengers using aircraft increases around the world, there may be more medical measures needed within the aircraft. These medical measures may also include measures against serious situations such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). However, since the environment is different from the hospital in the aircraft, it may be difficult to cope with such a situation. Moreover, such in-flight CPR may become more difficult at a time when the proportion of out-of-hospital CPR is decreasing due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, I would like to summarize how in-flight CPR is performed and review the main discussions on CPR in the COVID-19 pandemic, and finally suggest how to perform a safe CPR in the COVID-19 situation.

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Heart arrest, COVID-19, Aircraft, Aviation

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