1 Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.
2 Clinical Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
3 Chief Operating Officer, Piedmont Liability Trust, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
4 Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA. [email protected].
Although not legally required to render assistance in the event of a medical emergency aboard an airplane, physicians have an ethical obligation to do so and should be prepared.