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Not to mention life saving medication. I frequently travel with someone who has a kidney transplant. Their medication is always in their carry-on and with the

Not to mention life saving medication. I frequently travel with someone who has a kidney transplant. Their medication is always in their carry-on and with them so it doesn't get lost or shipped ahead. If our plane went down I would definitely be helping them retrieve their carry on as we evacuated the plane because they would die without their medication.

SapporoChris 7y ago
How many people are you willing to put at risk for death to save your friend?
- iamnothere 7y ago
  Most people would willing to sacrifice some number of people to save the life of family or friends; it's human nature to look out for your own. I bet there's a good "trolley problem" study out there about this if you're curious. Edit: I don't know if this one covers friends, but it does cover family and romantic partners. Bleske-Rechek, A., Nelson, L. A., Baker, J. P., Remiker, M. W., & Brandt, S. J. (2010). Evolution and the trolley problem: People save five over one unless the one is young, genetically related, or a romantic partner. Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology, 4(3), 115.
- ohithereyou 7y ago
  All of them including myself.
detaro 7y ago
To take the recent example: Medication so rare the Moscow medical system can't provide it in time?
- tedunangst 7y ago
  If you don't know the local language, it may be difficult to obtain. The local medical system may also use a different medicine for the same purpose, but that doesn't mean one can simply switch between them.
- ohithereyou 7y ago
  The person I travel with takes two rounds of their medication in a given day. If they miss the morning round, their joints lock up and are in severe pain. If they miss their evening round, they risk damage to their graft kidney which could turn into rejection. At each round they take controlled substances to relieve pain. So getting the medication in a timely manner, according to the law, at a price they can afford, and from a doctor that can understand them is a big ask in Moscow in the aftermath of an aviation accident. If they had to choose between intractable pain, inability to move, destroying the kidney that they got from a cadaver, and risking their death and giving someone an additional 30 seconds to get off a plane then I would wager they would take living. I would tend to agree with them.

SapporoChris 7y ago

How many people are you willing to put at risk for death to save your friend?

iamnothere 7y ago
Most people would willing to sacrifice some number of people to save the life of family or friends; it's human nature to look out for your own. I bet there's a good "trolley problem" study out there about this if you're curious. Edit: I don't know if this one covers friends, but it does cover family and romantic partners. Bleske-Rechek, A., Nelson, L. A., Baker, J. P., Remiker, M. W., & Brandt, S. J. (2010). Evolution and the trolley problem: People save five over one unless the one is young, genetically related, or a romantic partner. Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology, 4(3), 115.
ohithereyou 7y ago
All of them including myself.

detaro 7y ago

To take the recent example: Medication so rare the Moscow medical system can't provide it in time?

tedunangst 7y ago
If you don't know the local language, it may be difficult to obtain. The local medical system may also use a different medicine for the same purpose, but that doesn't mean one can simply switch between them.
ohithereyou 7y ago
The person I travel with takes two rounds of their medication in a given day. If they miss the morning round, their joints lock up and are in severe pain. If they miss their evening round, they risk damage to their graft kidney which could turn into rejection. At each round they take controlled substances to relieve pain. So getting the medication in a timely manner, according to the law, at a price they can afford, and from a doctor that can understand them is a big ask in Moscow in the aftermath of an aviation accident. If they had to choose between intractable pain, inability to move, destroying the kidney that they got from a cadaver, and risking their death and giving someone an additional 30 seconds to get off a plane then I would wager they would take living. I would tend to agree with them.