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vol.19 December 2024

The Lifesaving Impact of Regular

Safety Training for Flight Attendants

20620 Lim Yun Seo

All flight attendants around the world undergo for an extended period could lead to brain
periodic “Regular Safety Training.” This training damage or death, the lead attendant decided to
is a critical component where crew members continue the emergency response without delay.
learn essential knowledge and skills related to
onboard services, as well as the prevention and Five minutes into the ordeal, there was still no
handling of potential safety incidents. The “Regular sign of recovery. Despite this, the crew didn’t
Safety Training” includes courses in SEP (Safety give up hope. The flight attendant continued
and Emergency Procedures) and FA (First Aid), compressions vigorously, performing over 30
along with written and practical exams. Given abdominal thrusts until bruising began to appear
their responsibility for passenger safety in-flight, on their arms. Just as they were preparing to
this training is conducted in great detail.Among administer CPR, the young passenger started to
the various safety training modules, some of the breathe again.
most important ones include in-flight safety and This situation demonstrates just how crucial
emergency evacuation protocols, unruly passenger “Regular Safety Training” is, preparing crew
response procedures, and emergency medical members for emergencies that can occur at
response procedures for passengers in distress. any time, potentially saving passengers’ lives in
Ensuring safety from the moment the plane takes critical situations. While researching to write this
off until it lands is essential piece, I learned about the definition of Regular

An example of how this critical “Regular Safety Training and the specific types of training
Safety Training” helped a flight attendant save a that are typically included. Additionally, I found a
passenger’s life occurred on a Korean Air flight case where a well-trained flight attendant saved
from Seoul’s Gimpo Airport to Osaka. During a passenger’s life, which made me think about
the flight, a 12-year-old Japanese girl suddenly wanting to be like that flight attendant in the story.
experienced breathing difficulties, clutching her
throat. Her father attempted to clear her airway but
was unsuccessful, while her mother cried out for
help.

Hearing this, a flight attendant immediately
rushed to the passenger’s seat to assess her
condition and began emergency procedures.
Using the Heimlich maneuver, the flight attendant
applied strong, upward abdominal thrusts between
the girl’s belly button and chest to dislodge the
obstruction. However, the passenger remained
unresponsive, showing no signs of breathing, and
her condition appeared to worsen.
The lead attendant made an in-flight announce
ment asking if any doctors were onboard, but
unfortunately, no medical professionals were
available. Realizing that the lack of breathing

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