Vet forced to treat Jason Gunn in mid air emergency

Veteran broadcaster Jason Gunn was treated by a Queenstown vet while flying over Central Otago after passing out due to an overdose of medication.

He was about 10 minutes into the flight from Queenstown to Christchurch on the 22nd of July when the incident happened. 

Ngaire Dixon, a vet on the aircraft, stepped in when the flight attendant asked for help.

''He came around about five minutes before we landed, so it would have been 20 minutes he was quite critical for.

''He was pretty sick but we managed to get him through it - there were a lot of sick bags passed backwards and forwards.''

Apparently humans are very similar to animals when they have overdosed or are suffering from heart problems.

Dixon added: ''He didn't bite or scratch me like a lot of my other patients do.''one of the things that we can be really reassured about is that there's not a lot of difference between the species''.

"One of the things that we can be really reassured about is that there's not a lot of difference between the species''.

After the incident he was extremely grateful and had learned an important lesson about the dangers of overdosing on medication.

''He said, 'you know, I'm quite grateful because they do shoot horses'.''