Characteristics of In-Flight Medical Emergencies on a Commercial Airline in Mainland China: Retrospective Study

Ruizi Shi   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Weisong Jiang   ^{2 *} , MSc ;   Jing Yang   ^{2 *} , MSc ;   Xiaomei Dong   ³ , BSc ;   Pei Yu   ⁴ , MD, PhD ;   Shuai Zhou   ⁵ , PhD ;   Hanbing Shang   ^{6, 7} , MD, PhD ;   Wanying Xu   ¹ , MSc ;   Er-zhen Chen   ^{1, 2} , MD, PhD ;   Zhitao Yang   ^{2, 5} , MD, PhD ;   Ying Zhou   ¹ , PhD

¹ Shanghai Institute of Aviation Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

² Department of Emergency, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

³ Aviation Medicine Branch of Shanghai Medical Association, Shanghai, China

⁴ Department of Orthopedics, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

⁵ Division of Medical Affairs, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

⁶ Department of Neurosurgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

⁷ Department of Neurosurgery, Ruijin-HaiNan Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Hainan, China

*these authors contributed equally