- Title
- Flying and medicine: mutual lessons
- Creator
- Nair, Balakrishnan R.
- Relation
- Medical Journal of Australia Vol. 189, Issue 11-12, p. 676
- Relation
- http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/189_11_011208/contents_011208.html
- Publisher
- Australasian Medical Publishing Company
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2008
- Description
- It is said the medical profession should learn from the aviation industry, which has a much better safety record. This is possibly because pilots get a mandatory 8 hours’ sleep. They also have to rest between shifts, for longer than the hours worked. Pilots do everything in duplicate to ensure accuracy. Most importantly, the pilots know that if their passengers are going to die, they are going to die too. So, I think it is high time that medicine looks into emulating the aviation industry.
- Subject
- medical profession; pilots; safety records
- Identifier
- uon:5665
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/43579
- Identifier
- ISSN:0025-729X
- Hits: 745
- Visitors: 719
- Downloads: 0
Thumbnail | File | Description | Size | Format |
---|