MedAire adds assessment scenarios to communication app
MedAire has added five new assessment scenarios to its Aviation App to assist crewmembers with communicating and addressing in-flight medical incidents
The additional assessment scenarios include in-flight syncope (fainting), severe vomiting, abdominal pain, and anaphylaxis, or allergic reactions.
Crewmembers using the artificial intelligence (AI) supported app – which aims, in part, to reduce the panic crewmembers may feel in a medical emergency – are prompted to ask a series of questions for each scenario that allows the company’s MedLink doctors to assess, diagnose, and recommend treatment for an in-flight medical incident.
The app, launched in 2019, also covers conditions such as chest pain, altered mental status, seizure, shortness of breath, and suspected infectious diseases.
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