Body Adiposity Index, Body Mass Index, and Body Fat in White and Black Adults

ommended adoption of a standardized recording system for all in-flight medical emergencies.This may be redundant because each airline's medical department keeps a record of emergencies and their outcome.If an emergency can be stabilized sufficiently to allow the flight to proceed without diversion, it saves the airline money, and for this reason if no other, there is a strong motivation to provide a truly useful kit.The authors also recommended a standard kit be kept in identical locations on every flight.Standardization is difficult for 2 reasons.First, the different types of routes that an airline flies demand differing provisions.Second, there are problems with drug regulations if different jurisdictions are involved.The enhancement and standardization of flightattendant training in medical emergencies was a third recommendation.It is certainly possible to train flight attendants in first aid, but there are legal problems if they seek to do more.Many airlines look favorably on trained nurses as recruits for cabin staff, but it is not possible or cost-effective to have a trained nurse or paramedic on each flight.A wider view would suggest that such trained personnel would save more lives working in a groundbased service.Finally, I suggest that the International Civil Aviation Organization require multilingual labeling and standard packaging for medical kits so that it is easy to find what is needed in the kit.