UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I just sympathize with them so much. And I just want to make sure that we do everything,
everything possible for them.
NISSEN: That isn’t easy on board a C-141 cargo plane, an inhospitable flying hospital. The challenges start on
takeoff, especially for the critical patients.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The most dramatic thing here is when the airplane takes off and the nose pitches up, the
head pitches down and kind of destabilizes things for us when that happens.
NISSEN: Changes in altitude, cabin pressure can cause drops in blood pressure. Turbulence can cause spikes in
pain.
MAJ. STEVE GRIFFIN, AIRCRAFT COMMANDER: We try to watch out for it. We keep the smoothest flight that we can
for our patients. It is their comfort level we’re concerned about. And we try to make it as comfortable as what
we can for them.
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