Galley Gossip: In-flight emergencies - what are the odds?

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Wow Frank, that is full on! Thankfully, the passengers I've helped have always been ok. But i know several FAs who have lost passengers despite best efforts.

In first aid training they basically told us, get the AED on as soon as you can, even if it means the oxygen might be a bit delayed. B/c once you lose the heart completely, there's no hope.

It just saddens me when you're trying to help someone & getting equipment and other passengers are totally oblivious and either won't move or come up to you when you're doing CPR on someone. Either they don't care or they can't cope so choose to ignore it...?

As for emergencies, I've had a few. It's also interesting dealing with the aftermath on the ground after the FAs hand the pax over to the airport staff. I've had to help conduct a few 'debriefing' sessions with pax by the pilots in the airport.

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