In-flight medical emergencies are attracting increasing interest from the media, travelling public, aviation industry, and medical profession. I discuss the reasons for this and the magnitude of the problem estimated from available data. Methods for preventing these emergencies and the facilities for dealing with them are listed and future requirements are considered.
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Air travel is a rapid and efficient mode of travel nationally and internationally. People with a psychiatric disorder can usually travel safely, but may at times require an escort. People whose mental state or behaviour are disturbed are not fit to travel until stability has been achieved. Suicidal or homicidal behaviour by those so disposed are fortunately rare, but can be catastrophic in outcome. Careful assessment is necessary, and psychiatrists are advised to be more aware of the possibility of liaison with airport medical services when appropriate.
Si R,-Very many officers and men, past and present, of all branches of the Royal Army Medical Corps have recently expressed the view that a memorial should be erected to those officers and men of all branches of the Corps who have fallen in this war. These number 560 officers, 4091 other ranks. A committee composed as follows was formed for the purpose of considering the matter :-Chairman.-Lieutenant-General Sir
It is only in recent years that the complexity of the seventh-century Arab-Byzantine coinage of jund Filastin has become apparent. The various types from the three mints of lliya (Jerusalem), Yubna and Ludd are described, including one which is previously unpublished. There is considerable evidence to suggest that the Standing Caliph type originated at lliya and recent research has revealed that Yubna produced a variety of types unmatched by any other pre-reform mint. Two of these types have iconographic features which are otherwise unknown. These coins also constitute potentially useful historical documents, perhaps reflecting otherwise unattested military activity.
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