Emergency medical kits aboard aircraft.

For a long time it has been considered necessary to place medical kits aboard aircraft. Nevertheless, since these kits were first made up, a reevaluation of this equipment has become necessary because of new circumstances, in particular the appearance of mass transportation. It is not possible to assure complete, perfect therapeutic action against all of the pathological manifestations that can occur during flights. Aside from the slightest incidents, and despite the frequent presence of a physician among the passengers, the problem usually is to try to gain time under the best possible conditions so that the plane can proceed to the next scheduled stop. The airlines of the ATLAS Group (Air France, Alitalia, Iberia, Lufthansa and Sabena) have moved in this direction and decided to equip their planes with such a kit.