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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2011.12.9.4075

Awareness level of basic emergency treatment by airline cabin crew  

Rho, Sang-Gyun (Department of Emergency Medical Service, Sunmoon University)
Lee, Jae-Gook (Department of Emergency Medical Service, Sunmoon University)
Lee, Jung-Hyun (Department of Aircraft Service Management, Howon University)
Kim, Jee-Hee (Department of Emergency Medical Technology, Kangwon National University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.12, no.9, 2011 , pp. 4075-4082 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the event of the emergency patient care, cabin crew must take the charge of the first responder quickly. The basic emergency treatment knowledge of the cabin crew consisted of 80.5%~97.8% when the emergency scene showed up in the passenger and the types of emergency care with that the cabin crew could cope were bleeding control, fever, seizures, myocardial infarction, airway management, and partial airway obstruction management. Considering these cares, the improper emergency types revealed approximately 3.2%~20.0%. In airway obstruction there was followed by loss of consciousness and this led to cardiac arrest. In case of cardiac arrest, the cabin crew must know how to check breathing and to use the automated external defibrillator(AED). The life-threatening cardiac arrest can happen to any passenger in any time, so the cabin crew should meet with the emergency accident and apply the AED to the cardiac arrest victim.
Keywords
Cabin crew; Airline; The first responder; Basic emergency treatment;
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