PSA FA Training Test 3 Questions
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What are the 6 steps of a rapid decompression? - ✔✔1. Sit & secure, don oxygen
2. Command passengers
3. Await flight deck notification
4. Assist passengers
5. Assess passengers
6. Update CA
How do you treat Hypothermia? - ✔✔1. Remove wet clothing/adjust cabin temp
2. Lie person down
3. Place blankets/ outer garments over person
4. Use external heat sources such as warm drink
5. Ask for medical professional on board (provide EMK)
6. Notify CA of need to contact Medlink
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,7. Do not vigorously rub cold injured tissue
8. Do not give anything by mouth if unconscious
What is the FA's command to passengers in a rapid decompression? - ✔✔"Fasten
seatbelts!" Don oxygen masks!"
How do you treat decompression sickness? - ✔✔1. Ask CA to lower cabin altitude
2. Have passengers remain quiet and keep affected areas of body immobilized
3. If symptoms are not relieved after descent, instruct passengers to seek immediate
medical assistance
How do you treat hypoxia? - ✔✔1. Deliver medical assistance/PA for physician or
medical personnel onboard (provide EMK)
2. Notify CA of need to contact Medlink
3. Administer oxygen
How do you treat hyperventilation? - ✔✔1. Reassure and calm person
2. Advise them to breathe slowly and regularly
3. Have person breathe into sick bag or close one nostril with finger
4. If person insists oxygen is needed, give oxygen mask from POB but do not turn it on
(placebo effect)
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, What is a slow leakage of cabin pressure called? - ✔✔Gradual Decompression
What is a sudden explosion of pressure through an opening in the fuselage? - ✔✔Rapid
Decompression
What is the time of useful consciousness? - ✔✔The amount of time in which a person is
able to effectively and adequately perform flight duties without a sufficient supply of
oxygen.
Also referred to as Effective Performance Time
In a gradual/slow decompression, the person may not be aware that they are not
getting enough _________. It is always necessary to watch for signs of ________. -
✔✔Oxygen; Hypoxia
How will the FD notify the FA when it is safe to move about the cabin? - ✔✔EMG
notifications (6 chimes)
When should stop CPR? - ✔✔1. Victim regains circulation
2. Scene becomes unsafe
3. You are exhausted and cannot continue
4. Another trained person takes over
What does a passenger in respiratory failure require? - ✔✔Rescue breathing
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What are the 6 steps of a rapid decompression? - ✔✔1. Sit & secure, don oxygen
2. Command passengers
3. Await flight deck notification
4. Assist passengers
5. Assess passengers
6. Update CA
How do you treat Hypothermia? - ✔✔1. Remove wet clothing/adjust cabin temp
2. Lie person down
3. Place blankets/ outer garments over person
4. Use external heat sources such as warm drink
5. Ask for medical professional on board (provide EMK)
6. Notify CA of need to contact Medlink
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,7. Do not vigorously rub cold injured tissue
8. Do not give anything by mouth if unconscious
What is the FA's command to passengers in a rapid decompression? - ✔✔"Fasten
seatbelts!" Don oxygen masks!"
How do you treat decompression sickness? - ✔✔1. Ask CA to lower cabin altitude
2. Have passengers remain quiet and keep affected areas of body immobilized
3. If symptoms are not relieved after descent, instruct passengers to seek immediate
medical assistance
How do you treat hypoxia? - ✔✔1. Deliver medical assistance/PA for physician or
medical personnel onboard (provide EMK)
2. Notify CA of need to contact Medlink
3. Administer oxygen
How do you treat hyperventilation? - ✔✔1. Reassure and calm person
2. Advise them to breathe slowly and regularly
3. Have person breathe into sick bag or close one nostril with finger
4. If person insists oxygen is needed, give oxygen mask from POB but do not turn it on
(placebo effect)
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, What is a slow leakage of cabin pressure called? - ✔✔Gradual Decompression
What is a sudden explosion of pressure through an opening in the fuselage? - ✔✔Rapid
Decompression
What is the time of useful consciousness? - ✔✔The amount of time in which a person is
able to effectively and adequately perform flight duties without a sufficient supply of
oxygen.
Also referred to as Effective Performance Time
In a gradual/slow decompression, the person may not be aware that they are not
getting enough _________. It is always necessary to watch for signs of ________. -
✔✔Oxygen; Hypoxia
How will the FD notify the FA when it is safe to move about the cabin? - ✔✔EMG
notifications (6 chimes)
When should stop CPR? - ✔✔1. Victim regains circulation
2. Scene becomes unsafe
3. You are exhausted and cannot continue
4. Another trained person takes over
What does a passenger in respiratory failure require? - ✔✔Rescue breathing
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