#207 Is There a Doctor on Board? In-Flight Emergencies
Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast
Core IM Team
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
We start with a gripping story of seizures and use it as a jumping-off point to unpack practical pearls for in-flight emergencies. Along the way: what’s actually in the emergency medical kit, when planes divert, how ground medical support works, altitude physiology, legal protections, and how to stay calm when medicine suddenly happens at 35,000 feet. By the end, you may still sweat a little…but hopefully less than before.
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04:40 | Emergency Medical Kit (EMK) Standard Contents
08:50 | Role of Ground-Based Medical Support & Flight Diversion Decision-Making
19:35 | Interpreting Hypoxia at Altitude
22:06 | In-Flight Liability
23:35 | Common Chief Concerns & Useful Additional Medications
24:53 | How to Be Resourceful in an Austere Environment
Tags: CoreIM, Internal Medicine, Medical Education, In-flight Care, Medical Emergencies, Clinical Reasoning, Seizure Management, Hypoxia, Airway Management, Cardiac Emergency, Syncope, Respiratory Distress
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