Medical Guidelines for Airline Travel

Provided by the Aerospace Medical Association Air Transport Medicine Committee and edited by:

Paulo Alves, MD
Nigel Dowdall, MBChB
Anthony Evans, MBChB
John D. Hastings, MD

Martin Hudson, MBBS
Frank Pettyjohn, MD
Claude Thibeault, MD

Table of Contents

Foreward - Introduction

Stresses of Flight

Airline Special Services

In-Flight Medical Care

Reported In-Flight Illness and Death

Medical Considerations Before International Travel (Freedman et al, N Engl J Med 2016; 375:247-260)

Fitness to Fly and Medical Clearances

Cardiovascular Diseases (Provided with permission from the British Cardiovascular Society)

Decompression Illness

Deep Vein Thrombosis

Ear, Nose and Throat

Ophthalmological Conditions

Pregnancy and Air Travel (Provided with permission from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists)

Pulmonary Diseases (Provided with permission from the British Thoracic Society)

Surgical Conditions

Travel with Children