| > Sphygmonanometer = useless. You can't hear fuck. A systolic pressure is still a useful datapoint. If you want to get a diastolic pressure, see if you can't track down a paramedic (a modern widebody jet isn't much louder than the back of a rig). > Stethoscope = almost useless. You can't hear fuck. See above... > Airways, oropharyngeal. Most people don't know how to use those. Might be useful, though Most people don't know how to use any of this stuff... That's why they page for a doctor... > Saline solution, 500 cc. As good as two glasses of (holy) water by mouth. That's enough to make a difference for a preload sensitive heart failure pt. > Analgesic, non-narcotic, tablets, 325 mg = Tylenol. Who cares Someone in pain? > Lidocaine. Have no idea why anyone would want that. As an antiarrhythmic, I'm sure. A "hail mary pass" at best, but worth a shot, I guess. |
> Most people don't know how to use any of this stuff... That's why they page for a doctor...
In Australia we teach OPAs in Advanced First Aid (not the first aid certification that most people get, but it's a component of the training that workplace first aid officers at any large business must undertake). I'm not sure whether flight attendants are required to undergo that training but it would not be unreasonable to make them.
Of course, as you say, when you can page for a doctor...