DANGERS OF DEFIBRILLATION IN FLIGHT

Adam Beebeejaun; Howard Roby

doi:10.21307/asam-2019-006

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DANGERS OF DEFIBRILLATION IN FLIGHT

Journal of the Australasian Society of Aerospace Medicine

Volume 11 (2020): Issue 1 (January 2020)

By: Adam Beebeejaun and Howard Roby

Open Access

|Jan 2020

Abstract

Aim

Defibrillation is a critical aspect of advanced life support, but the inherent risks in the procedure are increased when used during an aeromedical retrieval. The dangers of defibrillation in flight can be divided in to fire, electrical, avionic interference and physical carriage and packaging. A limited body of evidence exists concerning defibrillation in flight, in part, due to under-reporting. Changes in incident reporting, increased team based simulation training and awareness of the dangers of defibrillation should allow aeromedical teams to defibrillate patients safely and expediently.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/asam-2019-006 | Journal eISSN: 2639-6416 | Journal ISSN: 1449-3764

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Published on: Jan 30, 2020

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