Christian Martin-Gill, MD, MPH, an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). Dr. Martin-Gill also serves as a medical command physician for the UPMC Medical Communications Center, providing in-flight medical consultations for commercial airlines. He is a board-certified emergency medicine and emergency medical services physician.
It’s a terrifying thought—what happens if you’re in an airplane and suffer a health crisis at 36,000 feet? Who will…