Duckworth, Schumer Call On Airlines To Guarantee That Emergency Medical Kits Aboard Their Commercial Planes Include Life-Saving Epinephrine

Duckworth, Schumer Call On Airlines To Guarantee That Emergency Medical Kits Aboard Their Commercial Planes Include Life-Saving Epinephrine

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation—and U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today called on every U.S.-based passenger airline to guarantee that the emergency medical kit (EMK) kept on-board their aircraft include epinephrine—a life-saving medication to treat passengers who go into anaphylactic shock—in delivery methods designed that can be easi…