A correspondent refers to.
Emergency medical equipment on airplanes.
The emergency medical kit.
If the answer was yes the law required a decision as to the aed associated equipment and medications that must be in the emergency medical kit.
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Most aircraft can have an enhanced emergency medical kit eemk reserve emergency medical kit remk and a universal precautions kit upk.
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The medical equipment that has to be on board at least u s based airlines is set by the faa.
The faa was mandated in 1998 the aviation medical assistance act.
The airline s emergency medical equipment on board exceeds the minimum requirements set by the federal aviation administration airlines typically put the equipment in a locked compartment in an overhead bin behind the last row of seats or in first class.
The aviation medical assistance act of 1998 had directed the faa administrator to decide whether to require aeds on passenger carrying airplanes.
An article from abc news on in flight care by health professionals on airlines.
Whilst i would suspect that good samaritan legislation would be sufficient coverage for those offering their.
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All of these kits contain basic medicines and equipment that licensed medical providers doctors nurses and paramedics could use in case of an medical emergency.
As pointed out by a number of posters non doctors professionals ie paramedics nurses cannot access on board medical equipment medications.
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