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Diabetes: The passenger has been given a sugary drink. There is an improvement in their condition. What do you do next? - ✔✔Give another sugary drink; advise to see a doctor
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Diabetes: The passenger has been given a sugary drink. There is an improvement in their condition. What do you do next? - ✔✔Give another sugary drink; advise to see a doctor What are signs and symptoms for both types of Diabetes? - ✔✔ weakness fainting; sweating profusely; waxy look to the skin; rapid pulse; shallow breathing; confusion; pale and cold skin; the limbs may tremble; slurred speech; a deteriorating level of response; strange behavior; acetone smell from breath What cause Hyperglycaemia? - ✔✔High levels of sugar in the body too low insuline What cause Hypoglycaemia? - ✔✔Dangerously low amount of blood sugar or injected too much insulin. Diabetes: The passenger has been given a sugary drink. There is no improvement in their condition. What do you do next? - ✔✔nill by mouth; give oxygen;
promote recovery **What steps would be included in dealing with a choking adult? - ✔✔ 1. Encourage casualty to cough. Ask: are you choking?
How do you care for someone with major external bleeding? - ✔✔ 1 .Put gloves on; 2 .Sit the casualty down; 3 .Apply direct pressure over the wound; 4 .Remove jewellery or tight clothing; 5 .Elevate and support to reduce swelling; 6 .Apply a dry sterile dressing and bandage firmly; 7 .If the bleeding seeps through the dressing, apply another dressing firmly over the top; 8 .Advise to see a doctor on arrival What do you do if there is a foreign object in a wound? - ✔✔ 1 .Do not attempt to remove the foreign object; 2 .Apply pressure on either side of the embedded object (gloves); 3 .Build up padding around the object until you can bandage over it without pressing down on the foreign object; 4 .If it is a big object, bandage around it to secure it in place What do you do after major external bleeding stops? - ✔✔ 1 .Put a clean bandage on the top of the stained bandages; 2 .Treat for shock; 3 .Check circulation to the extremities; 4 .If the casualty becomes unconscious, check ABCs; 5 .If the major bleeding fails to stop after 10 min of direct pressure, apply indirect pressure; 6 .Administer Oxygen; 7 .Promote recovery How do we care for casualty having a nosebleed? - ✔✔ 1 .Put on gloves; 2 .Sit the casualty down with their head forward;
6 .Tell the casualty to try not to speak, swallow or cough; 7 .After 10 minutes, re-apply the pressure for a further 10 minutes; How do we treat minor external bleeding? - ✔✔ 1 .Put gloves on; 2 .Sit the casualty down; 3 .Apply direct pressure over the wound; 4 .Remove jewellery or tight clothing; 5 .Elevate and support to reduce swelling; 6 .Apply a plaster or dry sterile dressing; 7 .If the wound is dirty, clean it with running water using sterile wipes before applying a plaster or dry sterile dressing; 8 .If there is a risk of infection advise the casualty to see a doctor on arrival; What are the 3 general types of fractures called? - ✔✔Closed complicated Open How should someone be placed if they are suffering from Gastro Intestinal Disturbance? - ✔✔Lie down in the foetal position with their legs brought up to their chest What are signs and symptoms of Gastro Intestinal Disturbance? - ✔✔Pain, Swollen abdomen, nausea and vomiting, shock if pain is severe. How would you deal with a chocking pax? - ✔✔Adult:
How do you care pax suffering from Anaphylactic Shock? - ✔✔Airway: 3 .Encourage them to breathe slowly and deeply, and exhale against his her lips. 4 .Administer oxygen if necessary (low flow)
When are CC allowed to give out medication? - ✔✔Never Airway swelling may progress to the extent of complete closure of the air passage Breathing: Consider casualty position; Administer Oxygen; Circulation: be prepared to resuscitate Examine: casualty may be in possession of Epipen How do we care for pax suffering from Major Epileptic fit? - ✔✔ 1 .Airway: attempt to maintain the airway open and clear. Do not force holding the head or put anything in casualty mouth.
What may suggest that a pax is infected by a communicable disease? - ✔✔When a traveler has a fever associated with one or more of the following signs and symptoms: Appearing obviously unwell, persistent coughing, impaired breathing, persistent diarrhea, persistent vomiting, skin rash, bruising or bleeding without previous injury, confusion of recent onset When do we call Public Health Authority? - ✔✔When there is a death on board or the crew suspect that a passenger onboard the aircraft may have a communicable disease e.g typhoid, yellow fever, covid ecc When can we declare that a pax is died? - ✔✔Never What is the name of the unit to be called when death occurs on board the a/c? - ✔✔Public Health Authority What is the Public Health Authority? - ✔✔Every international airport in the world has Public Health Authority, which function is the health control - the prevention of importation of communicable diseases and medical surveillance of all immigrants and as well as any death on board Which are the symptoms will make you suspect that a pax is affected by a communicable disease? - ✔✔Fever, appearing obviously unwell, persistent coughing, impaired breathing, persistent diarrhea, persistent vomiting,
skin rash, bruising or bleeding without previous injury, confusion of recent onset What is the care for emotional trauma/panic attack? - ✔✔panic attack - Treat as an emotional trauma
In which FAK can you find a Thermometer and Antihistamine Tablets? - ✔✔In the white FAK What causes the condition called Shock? - ✔✔Heart attack, severe bleeding, severe allergic reaction severe burns, severe fractures, severe vomiting and diarrhea What is involved in the care when a casualty is hyperventilating? - ✔✔ 1 .Explain what is happening and why; 2 .Call for another CC to try and sort out any problem that the casualty has; 3 .Reassure and try to calm the casualty; 4 .It may take 5 - 10 minutes to reverse the symptoms; 5 .Monitor the casualty for the rest of the flight in case it happens again What is involved in the care when casualty who has fainted? - ✔✔Lay casualty down and elevate the legs recovery is usually 60 seconds Encourage them to take deep breaths Oxygen may be given What is the treatment for a casualty affected by Gastro Intestinal Disturbance? - ✔✔ 1 .Encourage the casualty to lie down in the foetal position with their legs brought up to their chest; 2 .Keep nill by mouth; 3 .Administer oxygen; 4 .Promote recovery. What is the care of a casualty with fractured bone? - ✔✔ 1 .Immobilise the affected area immediately with hand if necessary, then use bandages to immobilize;
2 .Immobilise the limb using a sling or by splinting the injured part to an uninjured part of the body with bandages; 3 .Dress any wounds on the fracture; 4 .Treat for shock; 5 .Remove tight clothing and jewellery; 6 .elevate the injured part if possible;; 7 .Check extremities for circulation, warmth and colour every 10 minutes; 8 .If unconscious check ABCs; 9 .Administer oxygen; 10 .Promote recovery What are the three types of bleeding? - ✔✔Arterial, Venous, Capillary What is the treatment for threatened or complete Miscarriage? - ✔✔Breathing:
Which of the following would not be done when treating a passenger for major external bleeding? - ✔✔do not remove stained bandages do not attempt to remove the foreign object what do you do if there is a foreign object in a wound? - ✔✔ 1. do not remove the foreign object
pulse may be rapid. Weak and or irregular using primary survey, what would be done at the examine stage for a passenger suffering from a minor epileptic fit? - ✔✔Advice them to see a doctor An allergic reaction can kill due to the airway becoming very swallen and inflamed. What is the name of this condition? - ✔✔Anaphylactic Shock Using primary survey, what would be done at the airway and breathing stages for a passenger suffering from an allergic reaction? - ✔✔ 1. Airway: Airway swelling may progress to the extent of complete closure of the air passage