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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 9:03 am
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smokey
 
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[b]in Flight Medical Emergencies[/b]

I am an Emergency Medical Technician with 33 years experience. Twice I have had to call diverts in flight for seriously ill pax. The FA's provided tremendous support during these emergencies and both pax were still unconscious when we off loaded them. The flight deck crew was also tremendous. They kept the plane level so we could work on the pax. They had us on the ground in fifteen minutes. Great Job!!

Yes, I filled out a complete incident report for the FA's.

About the only problem encountered was that we had to use some of the FA's oxygen tanks for the pax and could not take off till they were replaced. It was a red eye PDX-IAH and were had to wait about 3 hours for the tanks to be delivered. No grumbling from the other pax. They were very understanding.

Feels sorta strange sitting in the aisle, while landing, holding onto an unconscious pax lying in the aisle while giving them oxygen. At least in our ambulance we have them strapped down.
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