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Defibrillation aboard a commercial aircraft.

A 53-year-old executive (6 ft 3 in tall; 327 lb) with a history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and coronary artery disease (coronary artery angioplasty in 1995) was traveling with his wife on vacation and ran to catch a connecting flight. The plane had closed the doors for takeoff when his wife noted that he was unresponsive. A flight attendant brought out the on-board automatic external d...

Aboard the Isotope Time Machine

Several years ago, paleontologist Shaena Montanari was doing field work in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert when she noticed fragments of dinosaur eggshells in the sand. She knew them by distinctive lines and bumps on their surfaces. Montanari, then a graduate student at the American Museum of Natural History, and now a Royal Society fellow at the University of Edinburgh, realized she could use the fragm...

Norovirus challenges aboard cruise ships.

Being in a ship is like being in jail, with the chance of being drowned (Dr. Samuel Johnson) Gastroenteritis is a major health concern aboard cruise ships [1]. Poor sanitation systems and contaminated water and food used to get the blame. As the North American market covers 2/3 of the global cruise volume [2], the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were particularly intereste...

Occupational accidents aboard merchant ships.

OBJECTIVES To investigate the frequency, circumstances, and causes of occupational accidents aboard merchant ships in international trade, and to identify risk factors for the occurrence of occupational accidents as well as dangerous working situations where possible preventive measures may be initiated. METHODS The study is a historical follow up on occupational accidents among crew aboard D...