Comparison of Inflight First Aid Performed by Cabin Crew Members and Medical Volunteers

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02854020

Enrollment

2818

Registered

2016-08-03

Start date

2014-07-31

Completion date

2016-06-30

Last updated

2016-08-03

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Conditions

Emergency

Keywords

Aircraft, Emergency, First aid, Cabin crew, Burn, Cardiac arrest

Brief summary

Since the number of air travelers, including the elderly and passengers with an underlying disease, is increasing every year, the number of inflight emergency patients is expected to increase as well. The investigators attempted to identify the incidence and types of inflight medical emergencies and analyze the first aid performed by cabin crew members or medical volunteers in flights by an Asian airline. The investigators also investigated the causes of inflight deaths and aircraft diversions.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Inflight medical emergencies from 2009 to 2013

Exclusion criteria

* Events that occurred before takeoff or after landing

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Types of inflight medical emergencies confirmed by reviewing cabin reports submitted by cabin crew and medical records submitted by medical volunteers	5 years (events during inflight, excluding events that occured before takeoff or after landing)	Types of inflight medical emergencies were created according to the initial symptoms of passengers (e.g. syncope, trauma)

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Incidence of inflight medical emergencies confirmed by reviewing cabin reports submitted by cabin crew and medical records submitted by medical volunteers	5 years (events during inflight, excluding events that occured before takeoff or after landing)	Incidence in inflight emergencies/million passengers
The causes of inflight deaths and aircraft diversions confirmed by reviewing cabin reports submitted by cabin crew and medical records submitted by medical volunteers	5 years (events during inflight, excluding events that occured before takeoff or after landing)	The causes of deaths and diversions were confirmed by types of inflight

Outcome results