Airline Emirates, a flag airline in the United Arab Emirates, has announced that it will partner with French telehealth company Parsys Telemedicine to provide on-board accident virtual medical services to passengers at the Telemedicine Station on aircraft.
Emirates has invested more than $2.4 million in co-designed telemedicine stations, including high-resolution video conferencing capabilities, secure data transmission, remote passenger ratings, and a 12-lead Telecadia ECG.
A portable station called the Emirate’s Parsys Telemedicine Kit helps cabin crews collect information and vital signs and send that information to Emirates’ ground medical assistance.
The kit includes a pulse oximeter, blood pressure monitor, thermometer, glucometer and ECG. Vital signs or measurements are automatically sent to your medical support team via the app on your Medcapture device tablet using the Parsys cloud. The company says the Parsys Cloud will ensure that medical data is processed in compliance with data protection regulations.
The station is already in use on numerous flights, and the station will be deployed to 300 aircraft over the next few years.
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In 2023, Delta Air Lines partnered with Arizona-based medical technology company Medaire to provide Medlink.
Medlink allows flight attendants to access their doctor team directly via the app on their Delta Skypro mobile device.
Air New Zealand has partnered with a Christchurch-based virtual reality and cognitive behavioral therapy company Ovrcome to provide low-cost exposure therapy programs to individuals who are afraid of flight.
Using a smartphone and an Ovrcome VR headset, individuals can access exposure therapy, including audio lessons and exercises developed by clinical psychologists who help them arrive at the airport, board planes, fly and land turbulent times.
