<description>&lt;p&gt;With roughly five billion people flying each year, in-flight medical emergencies happen more often than you’d think. One recent study found they occur about once every 212 flights. Dr. Vincent Poirier is an emergency physician and a senior medical advisor for Air Canada and Air Transat. He&amp;nbsp;explains the most common medical incidents, how airlines handle them, and what passengers should know.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For transcripts of The Dose, please visit:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/the-dose-transcripts-listen-1.6732281" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;lnk.to/dose-transcripts.&lt;/a&gt; Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. For more episodes of this podcast,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dose/id1498259551" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;click this link.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

With roughly five billion people flying each year, in-flight medical emergencies happen more often than you’d think. One recent study found they occur about once every 212 flights. Dr. Vincent Poirier is an emergency physician and a senior medical advisor for Air Canada and Air Transat. He&nbsp;explains the most common medical incidents, how airlines handle them, and what passengers should know. For transcripts of The Dose, please visit:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/the-dose-transcripts-listen-1.6732281" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lnk.to/dose-transcripts.</a> Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. For more episodes of this podcast,&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dose/id1498259551" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">click this link.</a>

The Dose

What do I need to know about in-flight medical emergencies?

What do I need to know about in-flight medical emergencies?

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