I’ve been the doctor responding to medical emergencies on a flight, and the medical kits I used contained minimal supplies.

Dr. Andrea Merrill, a surgical oncologist in Boston, is raising awareness about the need for better airline emergency medical kits after a tweet of hers went viral recently. She helped out on an ...

Commercial airliners are required to have medical kits and AED machines onboard. Critics say the FAA's minimum medical kit requirements are insufficient. Passengers should stay in their seats if ...

What’s worse than getting bitten by a sheepdog? Realizing that you’re out of antiseptic. Tour guide Ann Lombardi made this unfortunate discovery during a recent bike trip in Bulgaria, when one of the ...

This article was originally featured on KHN. In March, a Frontier Airlines flight was headed from Phoenix to Las Vegas when a female passenger stopped breathing. The flight attendant yelled in the ...

(InvestigateTV) - In a 255-character tweet in June of last year, a surgical oncologist who had just assisted in a medical emergency on a plane pleaded with an airline to update its medical kits. “I ...

Tough Luck Med kits, owned by northern Utah Jake and Shelley Anderson, offers personalized prescription-medication kits, featuring as many as 16 prescriptions. Mr. Anderson, who has worked as a nurse ...