NYTimes: When Doctors Are Called to the Rescue in Midflight

"Airborne calls for medical assistance pose a singular challenge for physicians, who find themselves suddenly caring for a stranger whose history they don't know, often with a problem well outside their specialty, in a setting with limited equipment but no shortage of onlookers scrutinizing their every move.
...Journal of the American Medical Association. The paper argued not only that the medical kits should be standardized, down to the number of latex gloves, but also that a method for reporting incidents should be consistent among all airlines."

Since the earliest days of commercial aviation, airlines have depended on doctors who board planes as passengers to deal with in-flight medical emergencies. http://nyti.ms/kqwXvH

-Tom.