EFFECTS OF AIR TRANSPORTATION ON CLINICAL CONDITIONS

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Abstract
In peace, the transportation of patients is often a problem in medical practice. In war, the transportation of patients is one of the major activities of the medical departments of the armed forces. Among the civilian population the necessity to transport a sick or injured person often requires special consideration by the attending physician.1 Today much of the available expert specialized medical care is concentrated in medical centers. In many instances the patient requiring care must be transported to such a center. His physician is frequently consulted as to the most appropriate mode of travel, and in some situations he even makes arrangements for the patient's transportation. With the current general popularity of air travel, many patients elect to travel by airplane. Moreover, many of the regular air passengers have some type of illness or injury. Until 1937 there was only slight opportunity to obtain through actual experience an

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