10 Of The Absolute Best 'Is There A Doctor On Board?' Stories. These Are Incredible.

From flights to trains to even just going out and about, you never know what a medical emergency happen.

Below are ten of the best 'Is there a doctor on board' stories. Check them out!

1/10) I had just gotten my EMT. I was flying alone, and had gotten upgraded seats. I drank at the lounge for two hours, then boarded the plane and continued drinking wine until I passed out.

After I identified myself as the EMT, they laughed, gave me some orange juice, and put me back in my seat where I slept the rest of the flight and got to go through customs just as the hangover hit.

-hawkman707

2/10) A friend of mine had recently graduated with her PhD and, feeling proud of herself, was writing "Dr" on everything - including her boarding passes/ID cards, everything. She's boarding the plane and the air hostess notices her title "Welcome aboard, Dr!". She's chuffed with herself.

Of course, fast forward to a few hours later, someone on the flight is having breathing difficulties, and the air hostess announces "If there are any doctors on board, please make yourself known to staff". Well my friend sits there, paralyzed with the realization that the only way she can help is if the passenger in question is a plant (she's a plant biotech grad), but doesn't think it's worth explaining this to the crew. So she sits there, not making eye contact.

This is why I never write 'Dr' on my documents.

-MaddingtonFair

3/10) On a flight from Philadelphia to London, the flight attendant announces if there is a doctor on board, please press your call light. I waited a few seconds and when nothing happened, I reluctantly pressed the button. The passenger was complaining of chest/upper abdominal pains. We were on an American Airlines Boeing 777 which showed a map of where we were. At this point we were just over the southern tip of Greenland.

I think nothing of it except six months later, I get a letter in the mail from the flight surgeon of AA thanking me and giving me 50,000 frequent flyer miles, which was good for round trip domestic travel. That was nice of them. But I didn't make them land a full plane in Greenland, so I guess they got off cheap.

-everycredit

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4/10) Paramedic here from UK.

Sat back down and watched the rest of my film. The patient was grateful and the flight attendants were loading our glasses for the rest of the flight.

5/10) I was on Eurostar train from London to Paris and that call was made. There was a conference on, so about ten doctors walked one at a time down the carriage and nine walked back shortly after. Train was stopped at next station to let the patient off.

-PoorlyAttired

6/10) My dad, who's an internal medicine doctor, was on a flight to Alaska.

He's a good man.

-doublehue

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7/10) I was returning for my second year of medical school and a flight attendant came on the PA asking if there was a doctor on board. Since I was only a student, I sat in my place. A few minutes later, the request was asked again and I thought that I should at least see what can be done. I told a flight attendant that I was only a student and going into my second year and the flight attendant took me to the business class where a woman had passed out and was slowly regaining consciousness. Inside, I was thinking, holy shit, I haven't even seen a patient yet and here I am having to take care of one.

9/10) OK, so not a doctor, but on a flight from Sacramento to Denver a man had passed out and was unresponsive. Flight attendants fly into action - including attendant who is leaping from aisle armrest to aisle armrest to get to the front of the plane (over those that are in the aisle gawking). After their normal tactics don't work, a call for any doctors on the plane comes over the intercom. I kid you not, five people pop up and head to the front of the plane with their carry-ons - which contain emergency medical supplies. They work on the guy for about another 15 minutes, pilot has to drop the plane to 10,000 feet quickly (oh, that was fun) - which is apparently standard procedure during a medical emergency (don't want to get the bends from being too high altitude). Guy regains consciousness, but barely able to move. He's whisked off the plane once we arrive at the terminal - ambulance waiting on the tarmac.

Most exciting hour and a half flight I've ever had. Hoping I never have one that is any more exciting.

10/10) My sister-in-law is a nurse. She had to help out once when a diabetic who wasn't monitoring his blood sugar passed out. She gave him some OJ and some pretzels, and just kept an eye on him until we landed and paramedics met us at the gate. The flight crew was really grateful and gave her a couple bottles of wine (full bottles; I think they were selling them from a catalog, or maybe they were for first class passengers) and some other little things as a thank you!

-Tafkah

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