Passengers with Medical Assistance
Passengers with Medical Assistance
For your safe travel, passengers who are likely to be in danger during travel, such as communicable diseases, severe injuries, heart disease, etc., please inform us during your reservation (1666-3060) and submit a doctor’s note to AIR BUSAN.
Standard of issuing doctor’s note
For your safe travel, AIR BUSAN's prior approval is required. So please inform us when you make reservation, and submit a doctor’s note to AIR BUSAN until 2 days before departure date.
- Patients suffering from cardiac infarction, angina, cardiac insufficiency and other cardiovascular disorders.
- Patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, pneumonia, pneumothorax and other respiratory disorders
- Patients with stroke, brain tumor and other neurologic disorder
- Passengers who received a surgery within the last week
- Patients who are currently hospitalized or has disorder that requires constant treatment
- Patients with acute infectious disorder and other contagious disorder
- Passengers who have uncontrolled mental illness
- Passengers who need to be supplied with oxygen during flight or use of special medical equipments
- In case passengers who have diabetes or allergies carry a syringe for medical purposes
- If a medical device such as an artificial pacemaker, an insulin pump, or a spinal stimulator is inserted into the body for therapeutic purposes.
Reference
Even if the required documents are submitted, carriage may be denied if the passenger’s health is deemed to be unsuitable for travel on the departing day.
Guests using portable oxygen concentrators (POCs)
Instructions for use
- Passengers who plan to use a portable oxygen concentrator (assisted breathing device) must contact the reservation center at least 2 days prior to departure to make a reservation and submit a medical opinion.
- Only products approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) may be used.
- For safety reasons, onboard power is not available. Only equipment that operates on dry/lithium batteries of 160Wh or less may be used.
- Please prepare sufficient batteries to last at least 150% of the total flight time, and if you have spare batteries, short-circuit prevention measures must be taken.
(How to prevent short circuits: Individually package, tape exposed terminals, store in individual pouches → Can only be carried on board)
- Only equipment of a weight and size that conforms to the carry-on baggage regulations may be used.
- In accordance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the device must be placed under the seat in front of you and may not be assigned to emergency exit seats or seats that obstruct the evacuation path of other passengers.
- You or your companion must be able to properly operate the device or respond to defects, etc.
- Since connecting or disconnecting the oxygen tank is not possible on board, please be sure to connect the oxygen tank before boarding.
POC FAA Approved Product
AirSep Focus / AirSep FreeStyle / AirSep FreeStyle 5 / AirSep LifeStyle / Respironics EverGo / Respironics SimplyGo /
Delphi RS-00400 / DeVilbiss Healthcare iGo / Inogen One / Inogen One G2 / Inogen One G3 / Inova Labs LifeChoice /
Inova Labs LifeChoice Activox / International Biophysics LifeChoice / Invacare XPO2 / Invacare Solo2 /
Oxlife Independence Oxygen Concentrator / Oxus RS-00400 / Precision Medical EasyPulse / SeQual Eclipse /
SeQual SAROS / SeQual eQuinox Oxygen System (model 4000) / SeQual Oxywell Oxygen System (model 4000) /
VBOX Trooper Oxygen Concentrator
※ Please check the latest updated product models at the link (https://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/cabin_safety/portable_oxygen) .