I just went overseas in June, there was a "medical emergency" on our plane. Fortunately toward the end of the flight, so hopefully the guy is ok. He was alive when they took him off. I think.
Friend's kid is a fairly senior doctor and on a long-haul flight responded to the cabin crew "is there a doctor on board?" announcement. This was 2018 pre-covid. Infant taken sick and it was doctor's call whether patient was sufficiently serious to divert the flight. She did call it and they landed.
Kind of as you'd expect but I never found out how they verified her credentials. Anyone could say they were a doctor and start messing with people. Even if you got a photo ID showing you work at Killinpeople Medical Centre, you could be the hospital janitor.
Yea, if you lie and make a bad call not to land and the person dies, I bet the government checks your credentials and now you’ve got criminal fraud and civil liability for wrongful death.
I just went overseas in June, there was a "medical emergency" on our plane. Fortunately toward the end of the flight, so hopefully the guy is ok. He was alive when they took him off. I think.
Wow, in all the years that I have travelled around the world, pre-plandemic, I have never once seen a medical emergency.
Friend's kid is a fairly senior doctor and on a long-haul flight responded to the cabin crew "is there a doctor on board?" announcement. This was 2018 pre-covid. Infant taken sick and it was doctor's call whether patient was sufficiently serious to divert the flight. She did call it and they landed.
Kind of as you'd expect but I never found out how they verified her credentials. Anyone could say they were a doctor and start messing with people. Even if you got a photo ID showing you work at Killinpeople Medical Centre, you could be the hospital janitor.
The airline sent her a gift card later.
Well, there is nothing to gain by lying about being a doctor in that situation.
Yea, if you lie and make a bad call not to land and the person dies, I bet the government checks your credentials and now you’ve got criminal fraud and civil liability for wrongful death.