,1. Diabetes: The passenger has been given a sugary drink. There is an improvement in their condition.
What do you do next?
==INFLIGHT MEDICAL EMERGENCIES== - Answer: Give another sugary drink;
advise to see a doctor
2. What are signs and symptoms for both types of Diabetes?
==INFLIGHT MEDICAL EMERGENCIES== - Answer: 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
3. What cause Hyperglycaemia?
==INFLIGHT MEDICAL EMERGENCIES== - Answer: High levels of sugar in the body too low insuline
4. What cause Hypoglycaemia?
==INFLIGHT MEDICAL EMERGENCIES== - Answer: Dangerously low amount of blood sugar or injected
too much insulin.
5. Diabetes: The passenger has been given a sugary drink. There is no improvement in their condition.
What do you do next?
==INFLIGHT MEDICAL EMERGENCIES== - Answer: nill by mouth;
, give oxygen;
promote recovery
6. What steps would be included-AIRWAY STAGE- in dealing with a choking Adult-Child?
==INFLIGHT MEDICAL EMERGENCIES== - Answer: 1. Encourage casualty to cough. Ask: are you choking?
2. If the casualty cannot cough, give 5 back slaps
3. Check airway
4. give 5 abdominal thrust
5. check airway
6. repeat
Unesponsive: begin CPR 100 compressions
7. What is the White FAK (=First Aid Kit) used for?
==INFLIGHT MEDICAL EMERGENCIES== - Answer: Emergency use
8. What is the Green FAK (=First Aid Kit) used for?
==INFLIGHT MEDICAL EMERGENCIES== - Answer: Everyday use
9. What are the PDIs on the FAK?
==INFLIGHT MEDICAL EMERGENCIES== - Answer: Stowage, quantity, seal is intact
10. What is the correct procedure for disposal of syringes? ***
==INFLIGHT MEDICAL EMERGENCIES== - Answer: 1.Put on gloves;
2.Collect the syringe;
3.Place it into empty bottle;
4.Re-seal the bottle;
5.Put the bottle in top metal bar box in the fwd galley;
6.Seal the box;
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