KLM crew saved a life

[Boeing767copilot]

An alert response from flight staff saved the life of a passenger who
suffered a heart attack at Schiphol last Thursday, Oct. 27.
The crew of flight KL1362 from Warsaw were deplaning passengers when panic broke out among passengers who were waiting to board a KLM flight to Delhi at a gate across the pier. Cabin attendants Arjen Korving, Suzanne van der Sandt, and Michelle van Son took immediate action, while co-pilot Marco Wijnbergen rushed to fetch the nearest Automatic External Defibrillator (AED), which are now kept at around 50 different locations in the terminal and on piers at Schiphol. AED TRAINING - Using the AED, the three CAs subsequently reanimated the passenger. Ambulance staff who arrived shortly thereafter complimented the
CAs and all other staff on the scene for their highly professional response.
The success of the reanimation may be partly attributed to the fact that all
junior cabin attendants and senior flight staff were recently trained to use
to the AEDs. Jan Meurer, head of Inflight Services, was also deeply impressed, saying: "I am very proud of the way this well-trained crew tackled the crisis. Thanks to their response, a life has been saved. That's excellent!"

[realplaneshaveprops]

Great job of the crew!

A first aid training us always useful

Koen

[blackhawk]

while co-pilot Marco Wijnbergen rushed to fetch the nearest Automatic External Defibrillator (AED), which are now kept at around 50 different locations in the terminal and on piers at Schiphol.

Isn't it so that as soon you take that AED off the wall, an alarm goes off to warn the medics?

[Bottie]

while co-pilot Marco Wijnbergen rushed to fetch the nearest Automatic External Defibrillator (AED), which are now kept at around 50 different locations in the terminal and on piers at Schiphol.

Isn't it so that as soon you take that AED off the wall, an alarm goes off to warn the medics?

indeed

[regi]

Don't cough too loud at Schiphol, or some KLM staff rushe to electrocute you.

[yagoceron]

Don't cough too loud at Schiphol, or some KLM staff rushe to electrocute you.

Anyway congratulations to the KLM crew

[bigjulie]

Congrats to the KLM crew

[RegionalCargo]

Though trained and have responded, I've always had a backing team of EMTs who made medically sure that the patient was well enough to transport.

[Atlantis]

Very good action!!!

[waldova]

Indeed very good action of the KLM crew and also from schiphol. I really think the placement of these machines is a good acquisition for the airport there.

Also I think that they might start to invest for this type of machines in Brussels too and start training the airport workers to use it ofcourse.
Once, me and two other collegues came to be in a situation like this in the B-terminal of Brussels Airport. We found on our way to go home in the arrival part of the B-terminal an old woman laying on the floor. She probably suffered an hearthattack or something without anybody noticing (can be somethimes really empty in the arrival part of the B-terminal. But we couldn't do so much for the old lady, also it is quite scary when you encounter a dead body for the first time in your life. Anyway, the police at the boarder control came to as we warned them too but they also didn't doo anything. The doctor only arrived about 15 to 20 minutes later with such a electro shock machine to reanimate. But ofcourse with this timeframe it is already too late to safe a person, also who knows, she might have been there already a few minutes. What I want to say here is if first of all the airport employees (all of them, including me and the two other collegues) would be trained to do first aid and secondly if they would put such machines at certain points ( and train employees to use them) we could save lives at the airport in Brussels too. The problem is that it takes just too much time for the doctor too arrive in the different terminals. When something like this happens, immediate action is needed to save the life of somebody.
So maybe we should take a closer look of how they do it in Schiphol and implement it in Brussels too and maybe other airports too that don't have this kind of system.

[vc-10]

Well, all I can say is that they have proved their usefulness. they have saved one life, therefore they have been a good investment. All cabin crew/airport staff/whoever should be trained how to use a electric shock thing. ( I can't spell it)

We have them at some underground stations in London.

And well done the KLM crew :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[Advisor]

KLM :rock: Good Job. Kudos to them and yes to
KLM for having such a responsive crew.