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Emergency at 35,000ft: Plane passenger saved by ‘Doctor Angel’
Daily Mail ^ | 12/1/15 | Flora Drury

Posted on 12/01/2015 11:42:55 AM PST by Kartographer

A physician has been nicknamed Dr Angel after her swift response and ability to turn everyday items into medical equipment saved a man's life at 35,000 feet on Thanksgiving.

Dr Patricia Quinlan was travelling from Philadelphia to San Francisco with her family when she saw the man fall out of a seat in front of her.

She quickly realized he had not simply fallen asleep, and was actually in dire straights, with a weak pulse and dangerously low blood pressure.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: Fred Hayek
"Improvise. Overcome. Adapt."

To a many Doctors they are in a 'war' against death and the very best ones just have no quit in them and refuse to let the BAST--d win.
21 posted on 12/01/2015 12:16:52 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer

NOT GUILTY!


22 posted on 12/01/2015 12:30:22 PM PST by capt. norm (If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat!)
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To: Kartographer

Praise God for a doctor on the flight who is creative and skillful. May she reap nothing but blessings from her good deed.


23 posted on 12/01/2015 12:39:49 PM PST by FourPeas (Tone matters.)
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To: Kartographer
With the help of a pediatric intensive care unit nurse and an emergency medical technician who also happened to be on the flight, Quinlan began administering intravenous fluid.

How did they give her an IV? Is it standard for commercial planes to carry IV equipment and fluid on their flights?

I like the part where they used whiskey to disinfect the needle used to insert the IV.

24 posted on 12/01/2015 12:43:40 PM PST by CedarDave (Hillary for incarceration not inauguration)
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To: Kartographer

That’s fine the pilot carried her bags but United should give her a free lifetime pass since she saved them millions from a potential lawsuit from the guy’s family.


25 posted on 12/01/2015 12:54:28 PM PST by bgill ( CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: bgill
That’s fine the pilot carried her bags but United should give her a free lifetime pass since she saved them millions from a potential lawsuit from the guy’s family.

She took a risk too by saying they didn't need to make an emergency landing in Chicago. If he didn't come around and needed more intensive care both she and the airline would have been responsible. Still, she had her skills and those of the other two (a pediatric intensive care unit nurse and an emergency medical technician) to assist in evaluation and emergency treatment. The man is very lucky to have such skills immediately available.

26 posted on 12/01/2015 1:07:45 PM PST by CedarDave (Hillary for incarceration not inauguration)
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To: camle

Julia sucks. Jus sayin...


27 posted on 12/01/2015 1:21:38 PM PST by SgtHooper (Anyone who remembers the 60's, wasn't there!)
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To: Kartographer

God bless her.

But I am not impressed with the way the story was written; it really does not describe clearly what she did. Tourniquet for what? Where did the IV bag come from? Etc.....


28 posted on 12/01/2015 1:46:33 PM PST by Bigg Red (Keep calm and Pray on.)
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To: Kartographer

Cool story


29 posted on 12/01/2015 4:15:44 PM PST by CPT Clay (Hillary: Julius and Ethal Rosenberg were electrocuted for selling classified info.)
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To: CrazyIvan

I was on a jobsite a few months ago and some guy got his hand caught in a claw bucket of a bobcat. Probably broken. After treating for shock, I used 3-4 trash bags to pressure wrap it and splint it tight to his body so his crew could take him to the ER.

The crew had no real first aid kit. A box of bandaids and an ice pack. Now, they just have bandaids.


30 posted on 12/01/2015 4:47:27 PM PST by cyclotic (Liberalism is what smart looks like to stupid people.)
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To: cyclotic

I used 3-4 trash bags to pressure wrap it and splint it tight to his body so his crew could take him to the ER.

Sounds like a good idea. I remember being told to do the same with newspapers in a first aid course.


31 posted on 12/01/2015 5:51:30 PM PST by CrazyIvan (Hey Pope Francis- The Gospels are not Matthew, Marx, Luke and John.)
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