Having been on two flights where someone has fallen ill all i can say is the cabin crew were amazing. The plane didn't divert on either occasion but the first time the plane was met by an ambulance (maybe a pan pan then?) and the second occasion there were a couple of doctors on board that were able to see too the patient and administer medication. I learnt that day that the cabin crew have a box of 'sharps' which included syringes and must be other medical apparatus.
Really appreciate you are still making these. In the beginning of your channel I was afraid that it might end up being a dead project (like many others) but your channel keeps growing and the quality of your video's keeps improving. After seeing your little boy I only now really realized that you are often away from your family because you are flying, but you are also spending quite some time (I would imagine) creating these podcasts. That makes me even more thankful for the content you continue to give us. Kudos to you! End of speech.
Qantas Airways was the first airline to introduce defibrillators on all of their aircraft in 1992. Since then defibrillators have become common on most long haul airlines around the world.
New subscriber and (very) ex CP-140 Aurora Navigator... who happens to be married to an ICU nurse (Intensive Care Unit... doesn't always translate... very sick patients, ventilators, IV pumps...). My wife has pushed the "Flight Attendant Call Button" at least six or seven times now in response to the "Medically Suitable" page... including a flight into Vancouver where she was called to the flight deck and asked... "That's Calgary over there. We can be there in 20 minutes. Vancouver in an hour. Do I go to Calgary or Vancouver?" We've also been on a flight from Vancouver to London when she was asked to help out... passing north of Iqaluit... and being the ex-navigator, I was looking at the moving map display in the seat back... doing the math... trying to guess whether we were turning back to Iqaluit or pushing on to Keflavik... I didn't see her again until we landed in London. Looking forward to watching more of your videos.
I didn't need any ID when twelve of my "friends" pointed me out as a doctor when there was a call for a medic on a flight back from Thailand to the UK. The patient was pretty ill with infectious hepatitis but we chose not to divert as there was only one more hour of flying time. On holiday and instantly responsible for an ill patient and a plane load of people!! I later received a thank you letter from the recovered patient but nothing from the airline.
I am surprised to hear about the phenomenon of ‘hero’ volunteers to medical or similar calls. As a Doctor myself, I know the reticence that I would have in being asked to attend an unfamiliar patient, in an unfamiliar environment and without the facilities which I am used to. Although clearly I would assist if no one else managed to get in first 😊
I know this an oldish video... but i as a "medically appropriate person" for the situations in my scope I wonder every-time i fly weather that if something happens i should help or stay out of the way.. now i know to carry my cert and wait for a PA call... Having watched a few of theses videos hearing all your talk about the training of flight crews and you use of checklists has had helped make me significantly less afraid of flying. I have way more confidence that whatever might go wrong you guys have a plan for it. I know working in EMS good planning is the best tool we have
Since your wife was a flight attendant it would be cool if on this channel she guest appeared and answered questions pertaining to her job when she was a flight attendant. Also like videos of you two together talking about interesting incidents that happened when you two were flying together.
As a healthcare professional, I answered the dreaded call when i was on a flight returning from Spain last year. He was young fit guy with mild anxiety collapsed in the rear galley (737-800) who had food poisoning symptoms (he actually sat accross from me in the airport restaurant and I didn't eat there for good reasons) probably from poor reheated chicken burger that he ate about 2 hrs previously. I checked him over (vital signs) put oxygen on him and gave him a sugary drink in case that his blood surger was low. I told the captain who I was and they checked me out with their ground air medical line. We were around 45-50mins to landing. It wasn't serious enough to divert, I kept the captain updated. I sat with the patient in the rear galley until it was time to land. I was very impressed with the medical kit that they had on board, especially the meds; I even managed to give him an anti-emetic drug. I asked the cabin crew to move a passenger at the rear seat so he could sit there for landing. I kept the O2 on him and I asked for a paramedic crew to meet the plane so they could complete a full set of observations and bloody glucose measurement. I handed over to the paramedic and got off the plane. I did get a thank from a very attractive flight attendant and a kiss on the cheek... I should have grabbed her number for sure 😂
allways a pleasure to watch your uploads. there are a lot of things to learn. your videos inspired me to start PPL (A). it's a step in the right direction isn't it?! keep going. happy new year.
As a medical doctor I have experienced few incidents myself and I believe that pilots should directly communicate with the onboard medical personel if they are avaliable. This almost never happens cabin crew communicates with the doctor and the pilot seperately. But the onboard medical doctor and the pilot do not communicate directly with each other. I have also expereinced a case in which the cabin crew didn't wanted to call the pilot during the taxi when a patient was having asthma attack. I had to insist them to call the pilot and told them it could be too late if the plane takes off. At the end I had to knock on the pilot door to persuade the canin crew to call the pilots. Afterwards the pilot taxid back to parking and an ambulance came to pick up the patient.
Thank you for the video. My mother and I were on a flight (your company) once and she had eaten something the day before which her body was unfortunately then rejecting, she fainted in the flight and vomited a bit (on the cabin crew ... ). Cabin crew performed some basic unconscioussness checks (laying head aside) and treated her with water. It all ended up well, we landed as scheduled and the captain gave a small handoff to her at the end of the flight.
Hey, I'm a new subscriber and so far I really like your videos. I have a dream of once having an office at 30.000-40.000 ft, and you've given me a lot of good tips. Keep up the good work.
"Captain? Ready for PAA briefing?" "Sure, go ahead!" "We have an unconcious passenger in economy class." "Understood. Can you tell me age, gender, anything else important?" "A female, age... early twenties I guess. Breathing seems normal, she turned very pale though. We have laid her down on the floor." "OK. Is she hot?" "Wha? eh... yeah... not your type though I guess... redhead. REALLY pretty girl though! Does that make a difference?" "Ahem... what I mean is: Does she appear to have a high fever?" "Oh. Sorry. No. Doesn't seem so. Rather too cold."
If someone has a heart attack or any other serious medical issue and they get taken off the plane do u just leave the airport and continue on to your destination or is there some sort of protocol that u have to do after something like that happens
Personally since you asked I think you should do more videos about being a good first officer since most of us will start from this position and stay there for many years. (Training. Procedures. CRM, etc....).
Hi Mentour well done on the success of your channel. You spoke here about unwell passengers but what if there is an unwell crew member such as an incapacitated captain. Thank you for the videos! Keep up the good work!
Managing my blood sugar is a must whether I’m flying or not. I’m type 2 diabetic and hypoglycemic. I had my blood sugar drop in flight once but thankfully it wasn’t that bad and the snack carts were making their rounds and soon enough I got my gingerale and pretzels 🥨 and all was calm.
Hi Mentour Pilot, I have another question that I have been wanting to know them answer to... Do short haul pilots get to stay overnight abroad to where they have travelled too? I do know long haul pilots have too. Keep up tho great videos! In my opinion, this is the best channel for aspiring Pilots like me!
Hi.Was just watching this episode and I travel a lot for vacation etc. I'm a paramedic but it's not like we have any ID on us showing it because it's always together with our working outfit or at the station we work from. So then it would be a huge problem for us to help onboard an airplane if a person got sick even if we know it would take to long to try and explain what they need to do, maybe because of language missunderstandings? I speak English but most of my medical advice would be easiest to explain in Swedish or Norwegian because it's in those countries I have worked as a paramedic for many many years. Donut would be wise of me to take a copy of my ID I carry when I'm on duty and have it on me all the time or a statement from a doctor that I'm actually arena paramedic with me wherever I go? Great channel. Just subscribed couple of days ago and even have your app.
Dag Andreassen Hi! Yes, you would need some kind of identification in order to actually physically help. The reason behind that is that there is a problem with the “hero” symptom where someone might say he/she is a medical professional without actually being one. Take a copy with you if you can’t carry your original and don’t worry about the language. A professional that doesn’t speak perfect English is better than no professional at all.
I once witnessed a medical emergency in a flight, they did a Pa for a doctor onboard. Fortunately we were almost arrived at destination, so we didn't need to divert. They evacuated the sick passenger first then allowed the rest to exit the plane once done.
Extremely rare for me as I have flown quite often, I did have one flight with severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as a bad case of gastroenteritis especially with severe diarrhoea, it was a harrowing and quite embarrassing experience, causing a delay at an diversion (unscheduled airport stop), so i could be taken off for medical observation and treatment. It turned out to have been a bad case of food poisoning,but of course, obviously I survived and eventually continued my journey. One other comment, as I was not found to be treatable on board, i was taken off, upon being examined at their port health facility, it was fortunately determined that I was not carrying any communicable disease (just that bad case of food poisoning). I was embarrassed as I did wind up sustaining some bowel accidents in my clothing and well… sort of emitted a small stench on board, but the air circulation had eventually (I assume had rid the cabin of any lasting embarrassing or disgusting odour (Naturally, I didn't know of course, as I was taken off that particular flight to this airport's port health facility). I also never found out whether the onboard airline food was the culprit (hopefully not)!
I was once on a flight going to London and one person passed out and everyone started yelling and screaming, the all the flight attendants rushed in and calmed them down and took control. After awhile a doctor on the flight rushed over and helped the man. In the end the man woke up, was given water and ended up being ok. The flight was extremely hot during this and remained this way.
Hi Mentour, love your videos. Could you consider doing a video on how to prepare for airline/FTO interviews as a new cadet pilot , what impressions to give to the interviewers etc. Thanks :)
sadly I have been on a flight where a passenger committed suicide in the toilet. Brilliant response from the crew and the fastest landing I have experienced. Sadly there was nothing that could be done for the guy.
Huh, that sad but I'm curious... How did he do it? He surely couldn't have a knife or gun and even excessive amount drugs would be hard to get past the security...
Hello Mentour. I wanted to ask you a question on VOR'S and NDB'S and how they work, and how it helps pilots when flying. Thank you for another great video :)
I once assisted in a medical emergency. As we were about to touch down, a woman had a hypoglycemic seizure a few rows behind me. I got up as the plane was landing and the cabin crew were helping her. I identified myself as a medical doctor and they got out the in flight medical kit and we gave her some sugar solution and some juice. She stopped seizing and we taxied to the gate to meet the ambulance crew. I had a quick connection and the cabin crew asked me for my boarding pass as I was rushing off. I assume they identified me by that but I never did give any formal ID
Flying back from LAX to PHL we had a lady have some kind of cardiac episode, we had doctor and nurse on board and I think we were within 40 minutes or so of PHL so we continued and got priority landing i believe.
Hey there, really awesome videos. I'm learning a lot. I wanted to follow up on your answer to someone else's question and ask- Since the cabin crew is not allowed to pronounce anybody dead, can a medical professional do; & Are there any legal ramifications? Thxs
Indeed, who pays for the bill? I think many passengers would rather choose to die in-flight if they were to pay for this. I'm serious. It wouldn't just the additional fuel, pilot time and airport fees, but also compensations for a delay to all passengers onboard as well as compensations to passengers for whose flight will be delayed because of the diversion, also possible loss of profit to the airline... Could well be millions of dollars 😔
But is it force majeure? What if someone has a heart or respiratory system condition that gets aggravated by flying? It might be argued it was their negligence and that they shouldn't have flown. I suppose a majority of cases would be people with such pre-existing known health conditions... What about mental illnesses, like panic attacks? I think it would be most sensible for the airline to have some kind of insurance, but I couldn't find the information if that's so.
Jan H the vast majority of people with a known health condition would seek their doctors’ opinion on their fitness to fly. Most passengers should carry travel insurance so I guess their insurance should foot the bill for emergency medical services including meeting the aircraft. As for the diversion itself, I’d guess the airline would carry insurance for that or they just foot the bill.
Hi MenTour Pilot Firstly I have recently found your channel and I love all of the videos I've seen so far, very informative and useful. I do have one question though. I've just been accepted to CTCAviation White tail program, What do you think of this program? Is this the best way to go?, or is there a better way? I hope you can answer my questions Keep up the awesome Videos James
What kind of an ID would you require from a nurse, doctor etc? I'm a nurse but the only form of ID I might be carrying around when I travel is my registration number from my country's National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health..In my country health care personell don't carry around IDs proving that they are nurses, doctors etc..
Noone have ever ask me to show any ID as a paramedic, when I offered my help in a medical emergency on a plane. Usually the cabin crew is verry happy, that someone shows up, because most physicans dont do this. Often they dont have the experience in emergencys and feel unsafe in this situations.
I was on a plane easyjet ayt - LGW last July and we had to divert to IST it was a Intresting experince since the crew exceed there hours and was stuck there for 24 hr no food no hotel
Hi, nice videos I've travelled quite a few times by plane so i was interested on these video's. I'm just wondering about something: If a plane had to evacuate how would it work with medical conditions like Diabetics because i'm type 1 diabetic myself i keep all my stuff in my carry on but if a plane had to get evacuated your told to leave your bags behind is there a reason for this and how would it work for people with medical conditions like diabetics, asthma etc...
I wonder if the doctor in these cases get any economic compensation for working while on the flight? I have heard many doctors no longer offer their assistance in these cases as most airlines policy is to give them nothing, just a bottle of Champagne ot so. And in several cases the doctor have been accused for mistakes afterwards and even brought to justice. It can be very hard to assist a person you don't know anything about, and more and more doctors remain silent after such PA:s. Would be interesting to have comments both from pilots and doctors about this issue. Best regards Magnus from Sweden
I dont know if you have said it before but what airline and aircraft do you fly? BTW can you do a video about what flap positions you use for certain conditions in landing and takeoff?
+Mentour Pilot The pleasure is all mine! You've done a very good and enjoyable channel! I like it very much. How old was the oldest cadet in your airline You have met? I did the first step and now I have Class 1 medical. I will start the PPL next month! 😊
I think the airline he flies for only has economy class, but prioritising a human based on their class is hugely immoral and i doubt most airlines will want the backlash when such a policy gets out so it's unlikey.
Hi, I'm a Nurse that work in one of the big Stockholm hospitals in the operating ward (and also an aviation enthusiast). The ID issued by the Stockholms läns landsting (region of) do not clearly state what my title is or what hospital I work at - it only has my name, photo and signature - however the ID holder do have the hospital name on it. Would that type of ID be acceptable? Unfortunately the Swedish health care authority do not issue any ID's to medical staff in the way that the Police issue ID's to Police officers! Anyway Great videos, and thank you for sharing your aviation knowledge!
Vaughn Rhinehart I’m almost certain you’re correct. I remember reading somewhere (can’t remember where or I’d link it) that you can’t be certified dead in international territory. I guess the ramifications of that would be an airliner wound still have to divert.
I'm curious to know what the likelihood of a doctor on board any flight is, and of nurses. That is, what is the random sample ratio of doctors & nurses to the public on flights?
I have flown with mild diorea from Fiji to Sydney and it was very uncomfortable Flying when sick is the WORST The next day I felt completely fine Turns out that it was an omeba that made me sick
Just a quick question, might seem dumb.. but while you said that it is quicker to divert to an airport already familiar to one of the pilots, isn't it always decided by the instructions by the control tower? They are there to give you assistance and clearance in any case, so how would you being familar with the place make the descent any faster?
Hi. Can you do a video about the audio and pa System? I would like to know if your first officer could link the radio with the discreete Channel to the crew interphone.
Hello again mentour: i am a ambulance nurse, and we also have a helicopter at our station (EC145) and we as ambulance crew are traind to be a navigator, sititing next to the pilot, doing ATC, Weather, Navigate etc etc...... (Thats why is started my intereset in flying) But in relations to this video a quastion: i am training to help in a midical emergency, it is my day to day job, but if this happens in a airliner, do you in general have like a emergency suply of medicine on board, that can be used by a midical proffesional, like adrenaline for instand?
jeroen puyman in europe no due to law regulations. You need to be a doctor to give medicine to someone (in germany no idea what the legal situation is in other country's) and thererore there is no medicine on board
@@voatavo2228 That's not totally true. In the UK certain drugs in the UK can be given by certain healthcare professionals under a 'patient group directive'. Plus the cabin crew give medication under the direct instructions of the doctors on the ground.
Hi Mentour, this is my second comment for this channel. What would happen if an aircraft was to be struck by lightning? It might be a bit random but I'm just curious!
Very interesting video, thank you. I was a passenger on the A380 that had a medical emergency landing at Darwin. I don't remember any flight crew asking for a doctor, but that's not to say it didn't happen.Ok that's about the 3rd comment I've made on your videos, and not received any reply. So shall keep I bothering to ask?
@@einarbolstad8150 the presenter of this channel asks for comments and questions, and I have raised direct questions on other videos of his. Here on this video I make a comment, about my flying experience, and note that I've asked other questions on his other videos, without any reply. And yes this comment does have a question - "Shall I keep bothering to ask?" I don't know who you are, are you the video producer? We don't know his name, he simply goes by the moniker of Mentour Pilot. And most content creators reply to comments as well as questions. They certainly don't put sarcastic replies such as yours. Every video Mentour Pilot makes, he asks for comments and questions, and notes how his content often relates to questions he's been asked.
@@einarbolstad8150 It was sarcastic because there was a question in my comment, yet you decided to say there wasn't. End of conversation, good day to you.
I have a question: There was an airliner that recently suffered a passenger dying from cardiac arrest. I don't remember which airline this was - SAS? Anyway, to the question. They didn't have an AED on board. Is it not common for airliners to have an AED on board, or is this viewed at as a potential risk for the flight operations for some reason? As I am in Norwegian Red Cross, this is something I care much about.
***** Yeah, AEDs save lives. If you get a cardiac arrest 38,000 ft AGL, you're most probably not able to be successfully resuscitated, as that might take 15 minutes, and by that time, your chances to be resuscitated are close to none.
What about verbal diarrohea from the cabin crew annoncements, particularly in french... sorry, only joking. Who decides to divert ? Captain or the financial director of the airline ?
Trims are fine-adjustings for orientation of th aircraft; Old planes as old cars don't always go straight, Trim surfaces are "baby rudders" in the original rudders; The ailerons of an aircraft are fitted with mini ailerons. With the controls in a straight configuration the aircraft should go straight but doesn't. The pilot adjusts the trim ailerons to keep the roll of an aircraft to 0 when the controls are at 0.
Squaking 7700, calling MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY, and calling ATC saying " declaring an emergency", are going to trigger the same response from ATC: priority landing, emergency services deployed and you are allowed to deviate from FAA regulations to the extent necessary to land safely if you need to. Paperwork is a cheap price to pay compared to loss of life. You do not squak 7700 unless there is a life threatening situation, which is typically not the case when a passenger from Cuba has just eaten undercooked shrimp right before the flight home to Montreal.
How do you deal with aggressive drunks or violence on the plane. What action can air crew take once calming or diffusing the situation fails? What can the cabin crew do before you get an opportunity to land? What if this was a flight over the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean?
They go by how sick the patient is, if it’s true anaphylaxis epi pens are only designed as a temporising measure while an ambulance is called as patients often need repeat doses. Adrenaline only lasts about 5-10 min in the body so for a moderate to severe anaphylaxis I’d recommend getting down ASAP for further treatment.
As a paramedic i use a wide variety of equipment and medicines at work. What equipment is available on an aeroplane if i am called out mid air to treat the patient? Naturally i do not have anything with me as i am going on a vacation..
Hello Captain. According to the tail strike: as the distance between the tail and the Ground is only 30 cm, why don`t you climp with some fewer degrees at the very begin? In a doctors view it might solve the problem. 🙂
The airlines will not allow a pregnant woman 8 months along to be a passenger on their aircraft. This happened to my wife 26 years ago, when she wanted to attend a high school reunion. We ended up driving.
What do you think about LCC's in general? Because most of the pilot unions do heavily criticise those kind of airlines, especially when looking at the earning and the working conditions. Do you personally think that LCC's (for expample Ryanair) are good for the industrie, pilots and especially the future pilots ? Thanks a lot, because this topic is always discussed between us aviation ethusiats :)
+Mentour Pilot Thank you for this answer! I can really understand that you don't want to focus on a specific airline! Let's hope they will improve the conditions! :)
Hi. If you are flying to a new airport that you have never been to how do you go about it? Or if you have to land for an emergency at an airport you have never been to how do you figure out how to do the landing and so on?
This is a brilliant video. I don't think we as passengers are aware enough of these situations. Thank you.
Having been on two flights where someone has fallen ill all i can say is the cabin crew were amazing. The plane didn't divert on either occasion but the first time the plane was met by an ambulance (maybe a pan pan then?) and the second occasion there were a couple of doctors on board that were able to see too the patient and administer medication. I learnt that day that the cabin crew have a box of 'sharps' which included syringes and must be other medical apparatus.
Really appreciate you are still making these. In the beginning of your channel I was afraid that it might end up being a dead project (like many others) but your channel keeps growing and the quality of your video's keeps improving. After seeing your little boy I only now really realized that you are often away from your family because you are flying, but you are also spending quite some time (I would imagine) creating these podcasts. That makes me even more thankful for the content you continue to give us. Kudos to you! End of speech.
5 years on, approaching a million subs!
What a cutie singing for dad. Then, in my head, little dude is hanging off a branch watching his dad nail another perfect vid.
i know! so cute!
Does your son play “pilot” just like Daddy? Always fun when children make believe they are in a parent’s job, 🙂
Qantas Airways was the first airline to introduce defibrillators on all of their aircraft in 1992. Since then defibrillators have become common on most long haul airlines around the world.
Or as Australians call them, "Packer whackers".
New subscriber and (very) ex CP-140 Aurora Navigator... who happens to be married to an ICU nurse (Intensive Care Unit... doesn't always translate... very sick patients, ventilators, IV pumps...).
My wife has pushed the "Flight Attendant Call Button" at least six or seven times now in response to the "Medically Suitable" page... including a flight into Vancouver where she was called to the flight deck and asked... "That's Calgary over there. We can be there in 20 minutes. Vancouver in an hour. Do I go to Calgary or Vancouver?"
We've also been on a flight from Vancouver to London when she was asked to help out... passing north of Iqaluit... and being the ex-navigator, I was looking at the moving map display in the seat back... doing the math... trying to guess whether we were turning back to Iqaluit or pushing on to Keflavik... I didn't see her again until we landed in London.
Looking forward to watching more of your videos.
I didn't need any ID when twelve of my "friends" pointed me out as a doctor when there was a call for a medic on a flight back from Thailand to the UK. The patient was pretty ill with infectious hepatitis but we chose not to divert as there was only one more hour of flying time. On holiday and instantly responsible for an ill patient and a plane load of people!! I later received a thank you letter from the recovered patient but nothing from the airline.
Yeah I can see you hate being pointed out as a doctor, your username gives you the anomimoty and ambiguity you desire.
I am surprised to hear about the phenomenon of ‘hero’ volunteers to medical or similar calls. As a Doctor myself, I know the reticence that I would have in being asked to attend an unfamiliar patient, in an unfamiliar environment and without the facilities which I am used to. Although clearly I would assist if no one else managed to get in first 😊
I know this an oldish video... but i as a "medically appropriate person" for the situations in my scope I wonder every-time i fly weather that if something happens i should help or stay out of the way.. now i know to carry my cert and wait for a PA call... Having watched a few of theses videos hearing all your talk about the training of flight crews and you use of checklists has had helped make me significantly less afraid of flying. I have way more confidence that whatever might go wrong you guys have a plan for it. I know working in EMS good planning is the best tool we have
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Since your wife was a flight attendant it would be cool if on this channel she guest appeared and answered questions pertaining to her job when she was a flight attendant. Also like videos of you two together talking about interesting incidents that happened when you two were flying together.
Michelle Mentour recently made a video about that.
Another excellent video! as an aspiring pilot your videos are extremely enjoyable to watch. I learn a lot each time!
You answer all the questions I always had in my head. 👍🏼 Thanks Mentour.
As a healthcare professional, I answered the dreaded call when i was on a flight returning from Spain last year. He was young fit guy with mild anxiety collapsed in the rear galley (737-800) who had food poisoning symptoms (he actually sat accross from me in the airport restaurant and I didn't eat there for good reasons) probably from poor reheated chicken burger that he ate about 2 hrs previously. I checked him over (vital signs) put oxygen on him and gave him a sugary drink in case that his blood surger was low. I told the captain who I was and they checked me out with their ground air medical line. We were around 45-50mins to landing. It wasn't serious enough to divert, I kept the captain updated. I sat with the patient in the rear galley until it was time to land. I was very impressed with the medical kit that they had on board, especially the meds; I even managed to give him an anti-emetic drug. I asked the cabin crew to move a passenger at the rear seat so he could sit there for landing. I kept the O2 on him and I asked for a paramedic crew to meet the plane so they could complete a full set of observations and bloody glucose measurement. I handed over to the paramedic and got off the plane. I did get a thank from a very attractive flight attendant and a kiss on the cheek... I should have grabbed her number for sure 😂
my daughter asheanna she loves your videos and told me i should watch them so hi
allways a pleasure to watch your uploads. there are a lot of things to learn. your videos inspired me to start PPL (A). it's a step in the right direction isn't it?!
keep going. happy new year.
man you've done an amazing job again! I think I should re-watch every video and start taking notes as it will help my cadet pilot interview!
As a medical doctor I have experienced few incidents myself and I believe that pilots should directly communicate with the onboard medical personel if they are avaliable. This almost never happens cabin crew communicates with the doctor and the pilot seperately. But the onboard medical doctor and the pilot do not communicate directly with each other. I have also expereinced a case in which the cabin crew didn't wanted to call the pilot during the taxi when a patient was having asthma attack. I had to insist them to call the pilot and told them it could be too late if the plane takes off. At the end I had to knock on the pilot door to persuade the canin crew to call the pilots. Afterwards the pilot taxid back to parking and an ambulance came to pick up the patient.
DSLRDOCTOR was that by any chance on United Airlines? :P
Thank you for the video. My mother and I were on a flight (your company) once and she had eaten something the day before which her body was unfortunately then rejecting, she fainted in the flight and vomited a bit (on the cabin crew ... ). Cabin crew performed some basic unconscioussness checks (laying head aside) and treated her with water. It all ended up well, we landed as scheduled and the captain gave a small handoff to her at the end of the flight.
Keep up the good work Captain. Excellent videos.
Hey, I'm a new subscriber and so far I really like your videos. I have a dream of once having an office at 30.000-40.000 ft, and you've given me a lot of good tips. Keep up the good work.
"Captain? Ready for PAA briefing?"
"Sure, go ahead!"
"We have an unconcious passenger in economy class."
"Understood. Can you tell me age, gender, anything else important?"
"A female, age... early twenties I guess. Breathing seems normal, she turned very pale though. We have laid her down on the floor."
"OK. Is she hot?"
"Wha? eh... yeah... not your type though I guess... redhead. REALLY pretty girl though! Does that make a difference?"
"Ahem... what I mean is: Does she appear to have a high fever?"
"Oh. Sorry. No. Doesn't seem so. Rather too cold."
LOL
Hahahahaha
If someone has a heart attack or any other serious medical issue and they get taken off the plane do u just leave the airport and continue on to your destination or is there some sort of protocol that u have to do after something like that happens
There would be some kind of report the company would want to completed
Fantastic video! Very informative! Well done :)
You have done an amazing job in explaining in detail !!! I love your videos 😊😊
Rahul Sarkar I think the transponder code change is only applicable for mayday (7700)
Personally since you asked I think you should do more videos about being a good first officer since most of us will start from this position and stay there for many years. (Training. Procedures. CRM, etc....).
Great video MenTour! You got yourself another subscriber!
+Mentour Pilot Thanks!
Hi Mentour well done on the success of your channel. You spoke here about unwell passengers but what if there is an unwell crew member such as an incapacitated captain. Thank you for the videos! Keep up the good work!
Managing my blood sugar is a must whether I’m flying or not. I’m type 2 diabetic and hypoglycemic. I had my blood sugar drop in flight once but thankfully it wasn’t that bad and the snack carts were making their rounds and soon enough I got my gingerale and pretzels 🥨 and all was calm.
Hi Mentour Pilot,
I have another question that I have been wanting to know them answer to...
Do short haul pilots get to stay overnight abroad to where they have travelled too? I do know long haul pilots have too.
Keep up tho great videos!
In my opinion, this is the best channel for aspiring Pilots like me!
great video! I would like to see a video explaining cost index on the FMC and how airlines set that number.
Hi.Was just watching this episode and I travel a lot for vacation etc. I'm a paramedic but it's not like we have any ID on us showing it because it's always together with our working outfit or at the station we work from. So then it would be a huge problem for us to help onboard an airplane if a person got sick even if we know it would take to long to try and explain what they need to do, maybe because of language missunderstandings? I speak English but most of my medical advice would be easiest to explain in Swedish or Norwegian because it's in those countries I have worked as a paramedic for many many years. Donut would be wise of me to take a copy of my ID I carry when I'm on duty and have it on me all the time or a statement from a doctor that I'm actually arena paramedic with me wherever I go? Great channel. Just subscribed couple of days ago and even have your app.
Dag Andreassen Hi! Yes, you would need some kind of identification in order to actually physically help. The reason behind that is that there is a problem with the “hero” symptom where someone might say he/she is a medical professional without actually being one.
Take a copy with you if you can’t carry your original and don’t worry about the language. A professional that doesn’t speak perfect English is better than no professional at all.
@@MentourPilot Indeed, actions speak louder than words 😊
I once witnessed a medical emergency in a flight, they did a Pa for a doctor onboard. Fortunately we were almost arrived at destination, so we didn't need to divert. They evacuated the sick passenger first then allowed the rest to exit the plane once done.
Once again, an awesome video.
Can you please make a video about FDR & CVR. I know the basics of them but I want you to go in detail if you can!
+Mentour Pilot No problem! 😹
Extremely rare for me as I have flown quite often, I did have one flight with severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as a bad case of gastroenteritis especially with severe diarrhoea, it was a harrowing and quite embarrassing experience, causing a delay at an diversion (unscheduled airport stop), so i could be taken off for medical observation and treatment. It turned out to have been a bad case of food poisoning,but of course, obviously I survived and eventually continued my journey. One other comment, as I was not found to be treatable on board, i was taken off, upon being examined at their port health facility, it was fortunately determined that I was not carrying any communicable disease (just that bad case of food poisoning). I was embarrassed as I did wind up sustaining some bowel accidents in my clothing and well… sort of emitted a small stench on board, but the air circulation had eventually (I assume had rid the cabin of any lasting embarrassing or disgusting odour (Naturally, I didn't know of course, as I was taken off that particular flight to this airport's port health facility). I also never found out whether the onboard airline food was the culprit (hopefully not)!
Very informative. Good video!! thanks !!
I was once on a flight going to London and one person passed out and everyone started yelling and screaming, the all the flight attendants rushed in and calmed them down and took control. After awhile a doctor on the flight rushed over and helped the man. In the end the man woke up, was given water and ended up being ok. The flight was extremely hot during this and remained this way.
Hi Mentour, love your videos. Could you consider doing a video on how to prepare for airline/FTO interviews as a new cadet pilot , what impressions to give to the interviewers etc. Thanks :)
+Mentour Pilot Found it, thank you!
sadly I have been on a flight where a passenger committed suicide in the toilet. Brilliant response from the crew and the fastest landing I have experienced. Sadly there was nothing that could be done for the guy.
Huh, that sad but I'm curious... How did he do it? He surely couldn't have a knife or gun and even excessive amount drugs would be hard to get past the security...
Once again, great video! Very informative.
Hello Mentour. I wanted to ask you a question on VOR'S and NDB'S and how they work, and how it helps pilots when flying. Thank you for another great video :)
Your little boy interrupted your speech! That is SO cute!
I once assisted in a medical emergency. As we were about to touch down, a woman had a hypoglycemic seizure a few rows behind me. I got up as the plane was landing and the cabin crew were helping her. I identified myself as a medical doctor and they got out the in flight medical kit and we gave her some sugar solution and some juice. She stopped seizing and we taxied to the gate to meet the ambulance crew. I had a quick connection and the cabin crew asked me for my boarding pass as I was rushing off. I assume they identified me by that but I never did give any formal ID
As always great info even though I will never be a pilot I love the info
Hi great videos! I was curious about the procedure of dropping fuel while flying , I don't know if you already covered the topic.
My favorite pilot!
Flying back from LAX to PHL we had a lady have some kind of cardiac episode, we had doctor and nurse on board and I think we were within 40 minutes or so of PHL so we continued and got priority landing i believe.
Early mentour: “Medical Emergencies”
Mentour now: “what happens when you have a HEART ATTACK on a FLIGHT???”
He's just playing the game. UA-cam is the problem, not him. He deserves to be rewarded for the quality content he creates.
Hey there, really awesome videos. I'm learning a lot. I wanted to follow up on your answer to someone else's question and ask- Since the cabin crew is not allowed to pronounce anybody dead, can a medical professional do; & Are there any legal ramifications?
Thxs
Holy hell . . . if I caused an emergency diversion on account of diarrhea I think I would just throw myself out of an emergency exit.
Useful Video
Who pays the extra costs: Insurance and/or the airline?
Indeed, who pays for the bill? I think many passengers would rather choose to die in-flight if they were to pay for this. I'm serious. It wouldn't just the additional fuel, pilot time and airport fees, but also compensations for a delay to all passengers onboard as well as compensations to passengers for whose flight will be delayed because of the diversion, also possible loss of profit to the airline... Could well be millions of dollars 😔
Afaik there is no compensation for the passengers if the cause of the delay was force majeure.
But is it force majeure? What if someone has a heart or respiratory system condition that gets aggravated by flying? It might be argued it was their negligence and that they shouldn't have flown. I suppose a majority of cases would be people with such pre-existing known health conditions... What about mental illnesses, like panic attacks? I think it would be most sensible for the airline to have some kind of insurance, but I couldn't find the information if that's so.
Jan H the vast majority of people with a known health condition would seek their doctors’ opinion on their fitness to fly.
Most passengers should carry travel insurance so I guess their insurance should foot the bill for emergency medical services including meeting the aircraft.
As for the diversion itself, I’d guess the airline would carry insurance for that or they just foot the bill.
Hi MenTour Pilot
Firstly I have recently found your channel and I love all of the videos I've seen so far, very informative and useful.
I do have one question though.
I've just been accepted to CTCAviation White tail program, What do you think of this program? Is this the best way to go?, or is there a better way?
I hope you can answer my questions
Keep up the awesome Videos
James
What kind of an ID would you require from a nurse, doctor etc? I'm a nurse but the only form of ID I might be carrying around when I travel is my registration number from my country's National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health..In my country health care personell don't carry around IDs proving that they are nurses, doctors etc..
you have not aged over the last 7 years
Noone have ever ask me to show any ID as a paramedic, when I offered my help in a medical emergency on a plane. Usually the cabin crew is verry happy, that someone shows up, because most physicans dont do this. Often they dont have the experience in emergencys and feel unsafe in this situations.
I once had a seizure in an airport though it wasn't on the plane it was close and a huge deal to the airport
annoythedonkey
I hope your doing good!
Interesting video! Would you be able to do a video about airlines that help you with type rating payment?
For a serious medical emergency such as a heart attack, cardiac arrest, or stroke, etc. Could you declare a mayday and squawk 7700?
Excellent
I was on a plane easyjet ayt - LGW last July and we had to divert to IST it was a Intresting experince since the crew exceed there hours and was stuck there for 24 hr no food no hotel
Hi Mentour great video as always. do you ears ever pop when you are taking off and landing. if so how do you stop it?
+Mentour Pilot thank you one last question do you have to be from Sweden to do the government sponsored training
next, cockpit medical emergency, please?
Nice sir
Hi, nice videos I've travelled quite a few times by plane so i was interested on these video's.
I'm just wondering about something:
If a plane had to evacuate how would it work with medical conditions like Diabetics because i'm type 1 diabetic myself i keep all my stuff in my carry on but if a plane had to get evacuated your told to leave your bags behind is there a reason for this and how would it work for people with medical conditions like diabetics, asthma etc...
Cycling and DoctorWholover he said disembark not evacuate, you take you carry on when you disembark
I wonder if the doctor in these cases get any economic compensation for working while on the flight?
I have heard many doctors no longer offer their assistance in these cases as most airlines policy is to give them nothing, just a bottle of Champagne ot so. And in several cases the doctor have been accused for mistakes afterwards and even brought to justice.
It can be very hard to assist a person you don't know anything about, and more and more doctors remain silent after such PA:s.
Would be interesting to have comments both from pilots and doctors about this issue.
Best regards
Magnus from Sweden
I dont know if you have said it before but what airline and aircraft do you fly? BTW can you do a video about what flap positions you use for certain conditions in landing and takeoff?
+Mentour Pilot As a 737 NG flight simmer I am really looking forward to the "hands on" flying part of the channel. Great news!
As always it was a fantastic video! ;-)
+Mentour Pilot The pleasure is all mine! You've done a very good and enjoyable channel! I like it very much. How old was the oldest cadet in your airline You have met? I did the first step and now I have Class 1 medical. I will start the PPL next month! 😊
great video..do you or other pilots considers medical emergency based on ill passenger's seating class like economy or business or first class?
I think the airline he flies for only has economy class, but prioritising a human based on their class is hugely immoral and i doubt most airlines will want the backlash when such a policy gets out so it's unlikey.
this is an excellent video, mind if I share this with my fellow air traffic controllers collegues?
3 years and still waiting lol
Hi, I'm a Nurse that work in one of the big Stockholm hospitals in the operating ward (and also an aviation enthusiast). The ID issued by the Stockholms läns landsting (region of) do not clearly state what my title is or what hospital I work at - it only has my name, photo and signature - however the ID holder do have the hospital name on it. Would that type of ID be acceptable? Unfortunately the Swedish health care authority do not issue any ID's to medical staff in the way that the Police issue ID's to Police officers!
Anyway Great videos, and thank you for sharing your aviation knowledge!
Would you still divert if the patient in question died on board, or would you continue to your destination due to nothing being able to be done?
TornadoPokemon I suspect they cannot be certified dead onboard so they would likely divert anyway. Not a pilot, just a guess.
Vaughn Rhinehart I’m almost certain you’re correct. I remember reading somewhere (can’t remember where or I’d link it) that you can’t be certified dead in international territory. I guess the ramifications of that would be an airliner wound still have to divert.
With the dead body on bord? Boi the other passengers would need an visit by an psychologist
I'm curious to know what the likelihood of a doctor on board any flight is, and of nurses. That is, what is the random sample ratio of doctors & nurses to the public on flights?
I have flown with mild diorea from Fiji to Sydney and it was very uncomfortable
Flying when sick is the WORST
The next day I felt completely fine
Turns out that it was an omeba that made me sick
Just a quick question, might seem dumb.. but while you said that it is quicker to divert to an airport already familiar to one of the pilots, isn't it always decided by the instructions by the control tower? They are there to give you assistance and clearance in any case, so how would you being familar with the place make the descent any faster?
FIRST TO COMMENT!!!! Thanks for the video mentour!
Please cover rudder hard over, can anything be done, is it still a threat today
as far as FSX is concerned
a rudder hardover is survivable with differential thrust and keeping your airspeed relatively low
Hi. Can you do a video about the audio and pa System? I would like to know if your first officer could link the radio with the discreete Channel to the crew interphone.
Hello again mentour: i am a ambulance nurse, and we also have a helicopter at our station (EC145) and we as ambulance crew are traind to be a navigator, sititing next to the pilot, doing ATC, Weather, Navigate etc etc...... (Thats why is started my intereset in flying) But in relations to this video a quastion: i am training to help in a midical emergency, it is my day to day job, but if this happens in a airliner, do you in general have like a emergency suply of medicine on board, that can be used by a midical proffesional, like adrenaline for instand?
jeroen puyman in europe no due to law regulations. You need to be a doctor to give medicine to someone (in germany no idea what the legal situation is in other country's) and thererore there is no medicine on board
@@voatavo2228 That's not totally true. In the UK certain drugs in the UK can be given by certain healthcare professionals under a 'patient group directive'. Plus the cabin crew give medication under the direct instructions of the doctors on the ground.
How are the flight attendants able to tell whether a passenger is sleeping or whether the passenger has fainted? I think it'd be hard to tell.
nice video I will suscribe
Nice
Is there a doctor and incognito security on board each flight?
Nice what country are you in im in the 🇺🇸 in syracuse ny area
Hi Mentour, this is my second comment for this channel. What would happen if an aircraft was to be struck by lightning? It might be a bit random but I'm just curious!
nothing really happens
Aircraft are struck by lighting a lot during flight it happens on a regular basis
ok thanks guys
Ok thanks. Also thanks for creating your awesome videos!
Very interesting video, thank you. I was a passenger on the A380 that had a medical emergency landing at Darwin. I don't remember any flight crew asking for a doctor, but that's not to say it didn't happen.Ok that's about the 3rd comment I've made on your videos, and not received any reply. So shall keep I bothering to ask?
Your comment contains no question.
@@einarbolstad8150 the presenter of this channel asks for comments and questions, and I have raised direct questions on other videos of his. Here on this video I make a comment, about my flying experience, and note that I've asked other questions on his other videos, without any reply. And yes this comment does have a question - "Shall I keep bothering to ask?" I don't know who you are, are you the video producer? We don't know his name, he simply goes by the moniker of Mentour Pilot. And most content creators reply to comments as well as questions. They certainly don't put sarcastic replies such as yours. Every video Mentour Pilot makes, he asks for comments and questions, and notes how his content often relates to questions he's been asked.
@@NealeGray How was it sarcastic? It was factual, nothing else.
@@einarbolstad8150 It was sarcastic because there was a question in my comment, yet you decided to say there wasn't. End of conversation, good day to you.
I have a question: There was an airliner that recently suffered a passenger dying from cardiac arrest. I don't remember which airline this was - SAS? Anyway, to the question. They didn't have an AED on board. Is it not common for airliners to have an AED on board, or is this viewed at as a potential risk for the flight operations for some reason?
As I am in Norwegian Red Cross, this is something I care much about.
***** Yeah, AEDs save lives. If you get a cardiac arrest 38,000 ft AGL, you're most probably not able to be successfully resuscitated, as that might take 15 minutes, and by that time, your chances to be resuscitated are close to none.
What about verbal diarrohea from the cabin crew annoncements, particularly in french... sorry, only joking. Who decides to divert ? Captain or the financial director of the airline ?
Not related to this video but what do the trims do?
+William Brygdes thanks. :-)
+William Brydges I meant
Trims are fine-adjustings for orientation of th aircraft; Old planes as old cars don't always go straight, Trim surfaces are "baby rudders" in the original rudders; The ailerons of an aircraft are fitted with mini ailerons. With the controls in a straight configuration the aircraft should go straight but doesn't. The pilot adjusts the trim ailerons to keep the roll of an aircraft to 0 when the controls are at 0.
Marc Watson Trim is the poor's people autopilot
for a pan pan emergency do you need to put a code in the transponder? is it the same as the may day?
Joshua Palacios The detail of information you ask is suspicious. You can expect the FBI any moment at your front door.
Richard Van Pukkem You say the question is suspicious. How so?
No - you just stay on your assigned code.
Squaking 7700, calling MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY, and calling ATC saying " declaring an emergency", are going to trigger the same response from ATC: priority landing, emergency services deployed and you are allowed to deviate from FAA regulations to the extent necessary to land safely if you need to. Paperwork is a cheap price to pay compared to loss of life. You do not squak 7700 unless there is a life threatening situation, which is typically not the case when a passenger from Cuba has just eaten undercooked shrimp right before the flight home to Montreal.
How do you deal with aggressive drunks or violence on the plane. What action can air crew take once calming or diffusing the situation fails? What can the cabin crew do before you get an opportunity to land? What if this was a flight over the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean?
Would anaphylactic shock lead to immediate diversion or would you continue after an epipen has been administered?
They go by how sick the patient is, if it’s true anaphylaxis epi pens are only designed as a temporising measure while an ambulance is called as patients often need repeat doses. Adrenaline only lasts about 5-10 min in the body so for a moderate to severe anaphylaxis I’d recommend getting down ASAP for further treatment.
As a paramedic i use a wide variety of equipment and medicines at work. What equipment is available on an aeroplane if i am called out mid air to treat the patient? Naturally i do not have anything with me as i am going on a vacation..
And whats happening after the ill/dead Person is rescued from the Plane is the flight canceled or resumed (maybe after refueling)?
Hello Captain.
According to the tail strike: as the distance between the tail and the Ground is only 30 cm, why don`t you climp with some fewer degrees at the very begin? In a doctors view it might solve the problem. 🙂
The airlines will not allow a pregnant woman 8 months along to be a passenger on their aircraft. This happened to my wife 26 years ago, when she wanted to attend a high school reunion. We ended up driving.
Craig Bathurst Depends on the airline, think it is allright for many airlines in Europe🤔
What do you think about LCC's in general? Because most of the pilot unions do heavily criticise those kind of airlines, especially when looking at the earning and the working conditions. Do you personally think that LCC's (for expample Ryanair) are good for the industrie, pilots and especially the future pilots ?
Thanks a lot, because this topic is always discussed between us aviation ethusiats :)
+Mentour Pilot
Thank you for this answer! I can really understand that you don't want to focus on a specific airline! Let's hope they will improve the conditions! :)
Hi. If you are flying to a new airport that you have never been to how do you go about it? Or if you have to land for an emergency at an airport you have never been to how do you figure out how to do the landing and so on?
When you divert do you then take back off to the original destination?
You mention that someone must be an airline pilot to help, would that also exclude air force pilots?