When medical emergencies occur during a flight, the instinct is to ask if there is a doctor on the plane. But what if there is, and that doctor isn’t actually trained to assist with the emergency at hand?
airRx, a Peoria, Ill.-based nonprofit organization, has developed a new smartphone app that helps health professionals deal with in-flight medical emergencies. According to the Chicago Tribune, the airRx app helps doctors through 23 common emergencies such as chest pain and seizures.
Raymond E. Bertino, MD, clinical professor of radiology and surgery at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, led development of the app, which is available for Apple and Android smartphones for $4.99. (Yes, it can be used while the phone is in airplane mode.)
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