Showing posts with label CPR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CPR. Show all posts

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Ethics of in flight CPR

Interesting article in this weeks New England Journal. My anecdotal impression is that there is a disproportionate need for doctors on flights, usually for minor ailments but not unusually for major problems. This article describes this occurrence from an unusual perspective, that of a medical ethicist. www.nejm.org