A doctor travelling on a Singapore Airlines flight stepped in to help a cabin crew member who became seriously ill shortly after take-off. Despite having spent years away from emergency medicine, she administered an intravenous (IV) drip, provided medication and stayed beside him for approximately three hours until the aircraft landed.
She explained that she had not worked in an emergency room for years. “Huge thanks to the Singapore Airlines crew for this rescue mission. Without a familiar medical team on the plane, everything had to be communicated step-by-step, but they were super cooperative—helping find equipment and caring for the patient.”
The incident took place on October 17 aboard a flight from Chengdu, China, to Singapore, according to a Mothership report published on October 25. The woman, identified by her Xiaohongshu username Nicole K, shared her experience in an October 21 post .
Having spent the past decade practising aesthetic medicine, including Botox and filler injections, she worried that her emergency treatment skills had “rusted”.
