When an accident on an airplane becomes a bloody emergency, a husband and wife nurse team fight to stabilize an injured man.
Emergencies happen anywhere, anytime, and sometimes medical professionals find themselves in situations where they are the only ones who can help. My husband Scott and I were flying back to Washington state with our two kids, who were about 1 and 4. We had been in Florida for a family vacation, and we were near the end of the flight, with both kids passed out on top of me.Suddenly, there was some scuffling and a lot of movement from the flight attendants.
When I saw the bleeding, my first reaction was we need to apply pressure. I asked for a towel. There were no towels. A blanket? Anything to help absorb the blood? Nope. They had nothing. I was given a pair of gloves that were much too big and a fistful of cocktail napkins. We asked about what had happened. The steward team said the man had fallen and hit his head on one of the stainless steel cabinets. He seemed to be in his 70s or 80s, a tall, solid guy.
At one point, his breathing was agonal for a few minutes, which really concerned me. My fear was that he was going to stop breathing. I rubbed his chest and kind of said,"Hey, let's not do that!" Eventually, he was able to talk to me, so I kept asking questions:"Are you guys on vacation? Where are you headed? Where are you staying?"
The pilots had called the airport ahead to let them know we needed medical services. So, the first responding team came on right away. They stabilized the man with a board, put the neck brace on him, and did all the stuff you do for a patient after a fall. They let one person leave who had a connecting flight, but everyone else had to get off from the rear of the plane and walk across the tarmac.
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