The Inter
national Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a specialised agency of the United Nations, is
responsible for setting the rules that regulate international flight safety. It does this by establishing
global Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs), which
are then applied by national
regulatory bodies, which also
take
legal responsibility for their implementation: some of the SARPs
deal with passenger health. An ICAO Standard (an ICAO Standard is mandatory) for on board medical
supplies establishes the requ
irement that ‘adequate’ medical supplies are carried, but the detailed
number and type of first aid and medical kits to be carried, and their contents, are contained in non
-
mandatory Recommended Practices and guidance material.
Requirements for individual
airlines are
therefore determined by the national aviation regulatory authority, in collaboration with the airlines
they regulate.
Whilst the number and types of kit (an ICAO Recommended Practice) are similar between airlines,
their contents (contained
in guidance material) may vary significantly, depending on the views of the
national regulatory authority where the airline is based.
However, for
international travel, the
International Air Transport Association (IATA, the trade association for the airli
nes) and AsMA (
the
largest
association of aviation medicine professionals) recommend the same contents for medical
supplies as indicated by ICAO. Current ICAO guidelines for contents (10), based on consensus
between regulators and operators, assisted by em
ergency medicine specialists, are listed in boxes 1
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a specialised agency of the United Nations, is responsible for setting the rules that regulate international flight safety. It does this by establishing global Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs), which are then applied by national regulatory bodies, which also takelegal responsibility for their implementation: some of the SARPs deal with passenger health. An ICAO Standard (an ICAO Standard is mandatory) for on board medical supplies establishes the requirement that ‘adequate’ medical supplies are carried, but the detailed number and type of first aid and medical kits to be carried, and their contents, are contained in non-mandatory Recommended Practices and guidance material.Requirements for individualairlines are therefore determined by the national aviation regulatory authority, in collaboration with the airlines they regulate.Whilst the number and types of kit (an ICAO Recommended Practice) are similar between airlines, their contents (containedin guidance material) may vary significantly, depending on the views of the national regulatory authority where the airline is based. However, for international travel, the International Air Transport Association (IATA, the trade association for the airlines) and AsMA (the largest association of aviation medicine professionals) recommend the same contents for medical supplies as indicated by ICAO. Current ICAO guidelines for contents (10), based on consensus between regulators and operators, assisted by emergency medicine specialists, are listed in boxes 1
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