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    "pk": 8257,
    "title": "Management of In-Flight Medical Emergencies: Are Senior Medical Students Prepared to  Respond to this Community Need?",
    "subtitle": null,
    "abstract": "Introduction:\n In-flight medical emergencies on commercial aircraft are common in both domestic and international flights. We hypothesized that fourth-year medical students feel inadequately prepared to lend assistance during in-flight medical emergencies. This multicenter study of two U.S. medical schools obtains a baseline assessment of knowledge and confidence in managing in-flight medical emergencies.\nMethods:\n A 25-question survey was administered to fourth-year medical students at two United States medical schools. Questions included baseline knowledge of in-flight medicine (10 questions) and perceived ability to respond to in-flight medical emergencies.\nResults:\n 229 participants completed the survey (75% response rate). The average score on the fund of knowledge questions was 64%. Responses to the 5-point Likert scale questions indicated that, on average, students did not feel confident or competent responding to an in-flight medical emergency. Participants on average also disagreed with statements that they had adequate understanding of supplies, flight crew training, and ground-based management.\nConclusion:\n This multicenter survey indicates that fourth-year medical students do not feel adequately prepared to respond to in-flight medical emergencies and may have sub-optimal knowledge. This study provides an initial step in identifying a deficiency in current medical education.  [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(7):–0.]",
    "language": "en",
    "license": {
        "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial  4.0",
        "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0",
        "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.",
        "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0"
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "aeromedical, medical education, emergency medical services"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Education",
    "is_remote": true,
    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4w6771v6",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Robert",
            "middle_name": "J.",
            "last_name": "Katzer",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of California, Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Irvine, California",
            "department": "None"
        },
        {
            "first_name": "David",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Duong",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of California, San Francisco, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, California",
            "department": "None"
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Matthew",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Weber",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of California, Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Irvine, California",
            "department": "None"
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Amy",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Memmer",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, Irvine, California",
            "department": "None"
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Ian",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Buchanan",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, California",
            "department": "None"
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": "2014-05-12T20:03:46Z",
    "date_accepted": "2014-05-12T20:03:46Z",
    "date_published": "2014-10-21T20:08:37Z",
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}