FLT ATTENDANT RPT; MD80; AUS-SJC; CLR AIR TURB. FLT ATTENDANT INJURED. EMER EQUIP AND PERSONNEL MET FLT.

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ABOUT 2 HRS INTO OUR FLT FROM AUS-SJC; WE ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURB. ALL OF A SUDDEN; THE ACFT 'SHOOK; TILTED; DROPPED.' THE COCKPIT; WHEN ABLE; INSTRUCTED OVER THE PA FOR ALL FLT ATTENDANTS TO TAKE THEIR JUMP SEATS. NEVERTHELESS; 3 OF US WERE ALREADY BUCKLED IN; WHILE FLT ATTENDANT #2 PROCEEDED TO SECURE HIS GALLEY. THE TURB CONTINUED FOR A FEW MINS. WHEN THE SIT WAS UNDER CTL; THE COCKPIT INSTRUCTED FLT ATTENDANTS TO WALK THROUGH THE CABIN TO DO A PAX CHK. WE ONLY FOUND SPILLED DRINKS -- NO PAX INJURIES WERE RPTED. AS THE FLT PROCEEDED; FLT ATTENDANT #2 STARTED TO COMPLAIN OF A HEADACHE; BACK PAIN; AND HIS HANDS WERE SHAKING. HE WAS GIVEN SOME ASPIRIN AND GIVEN SUPPORT. UPON ARR IN SJC; WE HAD A SLIGHT DELAY TO BE GUIDED TO THE GATE. THE FLT WAS MET BY FIRE; PARAMEDICS AND FLT SVC FOR PAX AND CREW SUPPORT. CLR AIR TURB OCCURS UNEXPECTEDLY. I BELIEVE THE FLC DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB CORRECTING THE SIT; ASSESSING AND ASSISTING PAX AND CABIN CREW. THE CABIN CREW ACTED PROFICIENTLY; AS PER EXPERIENCE. FLT ATTENDANT #2 WILL GAIN INSIGHT INTO THE IDEA THAT PERSONAL SAFETY COMES BEFORE ANYTHING; AS HE CONTINUES HIS FLYING CAREER. RAMP SVCS COULD HAVE BEEN MORE PROMPT; GIVEN THE SIT. I APPRECIATED THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE FROM MEDICAL AND FLT SVC.