I’ve been the doctor responding to medical emergencies on a flight, and the medical kits I used contained minimal supplies.

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, May 15, 2012) -- Medics from the Army National Guard are among those taking part in a pilot program designed to revamp the training that flight medics throughout the ...

Reported by 84 airlines, the overall incidence of in-flight medical events was 39 per 1 million passenger enplanements worldwide. Aircraft diversion occurred in 1.7% of events, most commonly for ...

MD Onboard is a firm that provides airlines with contractual access to aviation-trained medical emergency specialists to help address in-flight medical emergencies. Recently, Simple Flying had the ...

RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — A flight paramedic killed in a tragic plane crash in Stagecoach, along with four others, will be honored by his family at the annualReno Tahoe Odyssey run. The family ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Gov. Josh Green extended a proclamation that he initially signed in the wake of an air ambulance crash that took the lives of three crew members, on Dec. 16. The proclamation ...

Five people — including a patient and a medic who was a new father — were killed when a mercy flight crashed in bad weather in a mountainous region of Nevada on Friday night, officials said. The fixed ...

A LifeNet flight paramedic collapsed and died while treating a patient. The incident occurred aboard LifeNet 7-13 while Paramedic Kevin Robert and a flight nurse were taking care of a patient headed ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Emergency crews responded to Charlotte Douglas International Airport on Saturday after an American Airlines flight reported an odor shortly before landing. Flight 1784 from Chicago O ...

3 p.m. Saturday update: Notifications to the family members of the five people aboard the flight have been made, Barry Duplantis, REMSA Health president and CEO, said in a Saturday afternoon press ...

Tennessee is mourning the loss of a hero after a Vanderbilt University Medical Center LifeFlight helicopter crashed Saturday in Wilson County, taking the life of longtime flight paramedic Allan ...