Originally posted by elaw
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A glucose meter is something every person with Type-1 diabetes need to have with them all the time.
A blood pressure meter is becoming increasingly common these days where you have these automatic ones that don't need the stethoscope, there are some that are also quite small that you put in the wrist. Some people with hypertension have them. I've heard of a case where a doctor even used an i-phone EKG app to provide emergency medical assistance to a passenger in a plane.
In a plane with perhaps 300 passengers, it is not so incredible that he was able to find one of each. What is perhaps more incredible is that airlines don't include these very simple and inexpensive items in their medical emergency kit.
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