Figure 2.

Interventions carried out during medical incidents on Lufthansa flights in 2010 and 2011 (based on 2264 filled-out emergency protocols); more than one intervention was possible per incident. (Blood-pressure measurement, administration of drugs, administration of oxygen, blood sugar measurement, monitoring of oxygen saturation with a pulse oximeter, use of an automatic external defibrillator [AED]). Only about 50% of the physicians who helped in medical incidents on board filled out an emergency protocol