Air Stewardess?

Question

Do they have anykind of emergency medical training? If they do what is the extent of it?

Answer 1

Well Tara I am a flight attendant and here is the deal: YES we all get a certain amount of training (mandatory by the way); it consists of basic first aid/cpr and the use of a defribelator.
Okay I know it is not much (tht is why I follow a yearly recurrent on an extensive first aid training) but it helps to act at once if necessary.
We can handle the smaller injuries but YES we do call upon a medical doctor if any serious case is being confronted just as we are NO doctors and we cannot and MAY not place a diagnose (we are liable). So if in any doubt we call for a doctor. Certain flight attendants are nurses or even followed a doctor course - so it is always great to have somewone who knows a bit more.
I have been of flights where no doctor showed up so in those cases we have a direct line with the medical department of our company and we pass on ( following a certain protocol) all of the info onto them. They will advice and decide whether to make an emergency stop in order to have the patient admitted . Last year I was on a flight where we had to deliver a baby- all went well as one of the girls was a nurse and we had a doctor. After the baby was born we landed and the mother and child were sent to a hospital. They both are doing are doing fine.
Yous ee we are NOT only on board to serve we are there for safety. So next time look at us as professionals 'cause that is what we are!
Hope I was able to help you
T

Answer 2

As far as I know they have to be cpr certified and and know how to use a defibulator and basic First Aid. I do believe that some people have been saved because the Stewardes knew Cpr. I think they have alot more training than we know of so I would say in some areas of basic life support and safety, I would call them professionals in their field. I know I could not do what they are trained unless I were trained in their field of work.
I had to do cpr on an elderly women and I was the only person around but I got her breathing again and a weak pulse and then I was able to run to the Phone and call for Emergency Help. By the time the help got there was like a span of 2or3 minutes she had stopped breathing again so I had started Cpr again and I was so glad when they got there as I was scared and I was getting pretty tired. I did everything I knew to do which was basic the lady died. I did feel something, and I can't put it into words as I don't know what it is but, when we were at the Hospital, I was outside with her daughter because after all that went down and I rode in the ambulance with her and she was so critical that they needed both paramedics and a fireman back with her so another fireman drove us to the hospital and he did not know where the lights and sirens were in the rig, so I looked up on the console and got the lights and sirens going in about 5 seconds. Well anyways, at the outside entrance one of the fireman saw Kathy and I and walked across a very large parking lot to get to us and I introduce him to Kathy and he told Kathy I that she should be proud of what I had done for her mother and he said he was proud of me as a person and then he said job well done. By then a fire truck had arrived to pick up the firefighters and they left. But they stopped for a couple of minutes and I got a thumbs up from everyone of the firefighters. I guess I am saying this is I did everything I could and was proud I got her breathing again and at least a small pulse and I can't even feel good about what they fireman said or even getting a thumbs up because Kathy's mom died anyways. I know this part had nothing to do with the question you asked but I guess I just needed to say how I felt and what had happened to me. So, I do apologize for not just sticking to your answer and to those who might read this.

Answer 3

I believe that they take a basic first aid course. Learning how
to use CPR, and apply a turniqit (sp?), and knowing where
the pressure points are to stop bleeding as well. They have
an emergency first aid kit aboard every flight, with bandaids
and little things like that for a cut. They're not equipped for
anything big time, as you would imagine.
I wanted to be a flight attendant at one time, and was told I
couldn't because of my wearing glasses. But I did some
research first to find out if it was something I really wanted to
do. But since I couldn't go without my glasses, and I didn't
want to try contacts at that time, I ended up joining the service
to travel instead a few years later. And I had to learn first aid
also, during my basic training.

Answer 4

"Flight attendants are normally trained in the hub or headquarters city of an airline over a period that may run from six weeks to six months, depending on the country. The main focus of training is safety...

...Safety training includes, but is not limited to: emergency passenger evacuation management, use of evacuation slides / life rafts, in-flight fire fighting, survival in the jungle / sea / desert / ice, first aid, CPR, defibrillation, ditching / emergency landing procedures, decompression emergencies, crew resource management and security."

Answer 5

No, they do not generally have any training in first aid and are certainly not required to have it. If you've ever been on a plane where someone passes out the flight attendants always ask for a medical professional to attend to it.

Though I would assume that some might just have the certification as a personal choice.

Hope this helps.

Answer 6

They are train in basic first aid, cpr. I have stewardess friend who always jokes ... if anyone is not feeling well give them oxygen. That is how good the training is :)