Aviation Medicine and The Airline Passenger - Cummin & Nicholson [Seduction28]

Worth 55$

Series: Hodder Arnold Publication
Publisher: CRC Press
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0340806370
ISBN-13: 978-0340806371

"This is an authoritative source....For the occupational physician who advises frequent fliers it is a must, and it will be a very useful reference for hospital libraries and to all those professionally involved in aviation medicine."

- Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

"The editors have done an excellent job bringing together essential information on the health risks of the microenvironment in an airplane at altitude, management of in-flight emergencies, and evaluating the safety of flight for patients with disorders that place them at risk. The book belongs on the shelves of phycisians with patients who are frequent travellers, airline medical directors, aviation medical specialists, and travel medicine consultants. It also belongs in medical libraries, but it would do the most good in the cabin medical kit."

- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

"This book is by specialists for generalists and will be of value to all doctors asked by patients for health advice prior to flying....full of sensible advice....this is an outstanding book that should be widely read."

- Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine


The only book of its kind, this comprehensive reference provides information on the implications of disease to the well being of airline passengers, and how such diseases may affect their fitness to fly. This is completely unlike other aviation medicine texts that concentrate on health conditions as they effect pilot and other crewmembers. Hospital Consultants, General Practitioners and Physicians in Occupational Medicine will frequently be asked questions by patients regarding their fitness to fly, and this book will be an invaluable source of information during consultations.

The content includes practical advice on pre-flight assessment and the in-flight management of individual medical disorders, including possible exacerbations of chronic conditions during flight as well as acute emergencies. Background information on the physiology of aviation and the cabin environment is provided at a level appropriate for the non-specialist, and the book includes an important chapter on the medico-legal implications for physicians who are asked to participate in the care of other passengers taken ill during a flight. While airlines have their own guidelines regarding the management of in-flight medical emergencies, this book will also be of considerable interest to those involved in training cabin crew members to deal with these situations.