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Any doctor on board? US surgeon general gives aid on plane

Posted at 10:11 PM, May 16, 2018
and last updated 2018-05-16 23:11:56-04

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – When the call went out for a doctor on board, the U.S. surgeon general says he gladly stepped in to help with a medical emergency on a commercial flight.
    
Dr. Jerome Adams, an anesthesiologist, says he assisted someone on a Delta Air Lines jet as he prepared to fly Wednesday to Jackson, Mississippi.
    
Adams tweeted that a call went out requesting a doctor.
    
A Department of Health and Human Services spokeswoman says a person lost consciousness when the plane was on the ground in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Adams and two nurses responded. The patient woke up and was sent to a hospital.
    
Adams says the patient doing well and, like a good public health service doctor, he was happy to assist.
    
Adams was traveling to Mississippi for public events Thursday.

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