Transport of Invalids by Air

Abstract

Experience has shown that increasing numbers of seriously ill patients can be carried by air, and many of course benefit from the availability of this form of transport. The advantages offered by rapid transit, smooth flight at high altitudes, controlled atmospheric conditions within the cabin, coupled with the medical facilities available in flight such as emergency oxygen supplies, make air travel a most useful form of transportation for the seriously ill person who wishes to travel with a minimum of physical upset or discomfort. © 1967, British Medical Journal Publishing Group. All rights reserved.