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The ZDoggMD Show

A Young Nurse Dies On A Plane; What Could Have Been Done?

The ZDoggMD Show

ZDoggMD LLC

Spirituality, Medicine, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness

4.83K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Brittany Oswell, a 25 year old nurse, dies after falling ill on a flight back from her honeymoon in Hawaii. Now the family is suing the airline. What could have been done differently, and what's our responsibility as medical personnel and good samaritans? http://zdoggmd.com/incident-report-154 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

One, two, three, two, three, two, three.

0:09.2

What is going on Z-PAC?

0:17.6

It is ZDoug M D A.K.A. Dr. Zubinamanya.

0:19.8

I'm live at a Z-Office.

0:21.4

Okay.

0:22.4

Check it out.

0:23.4

Here's a situation.

0:24.4

You are flying on a plane coming back from Hawaii.

0:28.8

Or a doctor or a nurse practitioner or a PA or a nurse.

0:36.2

And that overhead announcement that you dread just happened.

0:43.3

Ladies and gentlemen, is there a doctor or medical personnel on board who can come to the

0:49.3

front, please?

0:52.3

Filled with panic.

0:54.0

Immediately, you have to decide, are you the person to step forward during this medical

1:00.2

emergency?

1:01.2

I'm going to give a case that's in the news recently that we can talk about.

1:04.7

And the first question that many people have is, first of all, are you legally obligated

1:10.4

as a physician, as a medical professional to step forward if nobody else does?

1:17.8

It turns out you are not.

1:19.5

So there's no legal obligation to help on a plane.

1:23.8

There is, however, an ethical obligation.

1:26.9

So with the code of conduct for physicians and healthcare professionals, you are ethically

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