How To Go Beyond The Airline Medical Kit To Keep Passengers Healthy In The Future?

Humanity has come a long way from treating patients who have fallen off cliffs after having tried to fly, dressed like birds: parallel to the development of flying, the practice of how to keep people alive during flights has also greatly evolved. How can digital health add to the practice of aviation medicine in the future and make sure that passengers step off the plane as healthy as they got in? From Icarus through hot air balloons to mid-air meditation The human desire to conquer the sky is a thousand-year-old story, with tales such as the Greek myth about Daedalus and Icarus. The duo wanted to escape from Crete, so the inventive genius, Daedalus, created feathered wing-like tools to fly but told Icarus not to float too close to the sun, as the wax would melt, and he would fall down. However, the young and reckless Icarus enjoyed being the first man to fly and the sense of flying so much that he didn’t pay much attention to what his father had said. According to the myth, he drowned in the Mediterranean Sea – where an island and the Icarian Sea was named after him. Unfortunately, the ability to reliably and safely travel by air had to patiently wait for millennia until science and technology was able to catch up with desire. As flying over continents thousands of feet above ground while chewing on peanuts, meditating mid-air or watching The Avengers doesn’t feel unique anymore, we have to take a moment to remember that commercial flights have only been arou...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Future of Medicine Health Sensors & Trackers aero aeronautics aviation emergency emergency medicine flight flight medicine Healthcare portable portable diagnostics predictive prevention technology wearables Source Type: blogs