I am certainly impressed by the dedication to the profession and

their creative idea under the emergency situation by these two Chinese doctors.

wonder if any of American doctors could match these Chinese doctors.

I had experienced two such emergencies on board while flying from LA to Detroit.

On one occasion one elderly man passed out about an hour after takeoff.

One ophthalmologist from Buffalo and I responded to the call for doctors on board.

The ophthalmologist quickly told me to take charge as soon as he knew I was a cardiologist 

and volunteered to be my assistant. We laid the patient on the isle floor with legs raised and

started IV with normal saline. Then the patient became conscious, and I was able to take

history and determined that he passed out because of orthostatic hypotension secondary to

BP meds, dehydration ( he missed breakfast because of early flight) and prolonged sitting.

Pilot told me he could land the airplane in Minneapolis in 45 min if I want.

I felt confident enough regarding my diagnosis so that I told the pilot we could reach our destination.

When we landed at Detroit, paramedics came on board and took him to the nearest hospital.

When I was done with attending to the patient, I received the loudest applause from all the passengers.

The second case was a known asthmatic, young woman, who developed a panic attack believing that

she was having a flare up of her asthma. I quickly determined that and helped her with paper bag rebreathing 

and reassurance. I stayed with her in standing position at the back end of isle for about an hour.