Account is misleading and condescending

EDITOR—Dunea's account of a “crisis in the air” makes slightly disturbing reading.1 He describes a scene surrounding the collapse of a young woman on an aeroplane, who appears pale, “dead, or dying,” with dilated pupils. A dentist is organising cardiac massage, elevation of the legs, and facemask oxygen while personally attending to the patient's airway. Whatever the cause of the …