Useful information websites for air travel
Organisation | Website | Contents |
Aerospace Medical Association | www.asma.org | Health tips for passengers and health professionals |
British Lung Foundation | www.blf.org.uk | Information and support website |
British Thoracic Society | www.brit-thoracic.org.uk | Patient information leaflet |
Centers for Disease Control | wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel | Travellers' health website for individuals and healthcare providers |
Civil Aviation Authority | www.caa.co.uk/Passengers | Medical information for passengers and healthcare providers |
European Lung Foundation | www.europeanlung.org | Information and medical tips for air travel |
European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations | www.efanet.org | Enabling air travel with oxygen in Europe (an EFA booklet for patients with chronic respiratory disease); EFA booklet for steps for passengers flying with medical oxygen |
International Air Transport Association | www.iata.org | Medical manual for air travel |
International Civil Aviation Organization | www.icao.int | Manual of civil aviation medicine for flying personnel and healthcare providers |
International Society of Travel Medicine | www.istm.org | Online learning programmes for healthcare providers |