B767-300 FLT ATTENDANT INVOLVED WITH 2 DOCTORS ATTEMPTING TO REVIVE A WHEELCHAIR PAX DURING BOARDING PROCESS. FLT ATTENDANT CONCERNED ABOUT KNOWLEDGE LACK OF 'AMBU BAG' AVAILABILITY AND TRAINING.

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A PAX WAS PREBOARDED IN A WHEELCHAIR. HE WALKED FROM THE FORWARD ENTRY DOOR TO HIS SEAT (FIRST ROW OF COACH CABIN) DURING BOARDING. ANOTHER FLT ATTENDANT CAME UP TO ME AND SAID THE PAX NEEDED OXYGEN. I OBTAINED THE SOLID STATE UNIT AND PROCEEDED TO THE PAX. WHEN I GOT TO THE PAX; 2 MEN (I LATER FOUND OUT; WERE DOCTORS) WERE TRYING TO MOVE THE PAX FROM HIS SEAT TO THE FLOOR. HE APPARENTLY WAS NON RESPONSIVE AND HAD NO PULSE. I OBTAINED THE AED AND GRABBED THE GO BAG. WE ATTACHED THE AED TO THE PAX; BUT 'NO SHOCK WAS ADVISED.' THE 2 DOCTORS IMMEDIATELY STARTED CPR AND RESCUE BREATHING. I; ALONG WITH ONE OF THE DOCTORS; AND THE DOCTOR'S WIVES (AN RN AND A REGISTERED PHARMACIST) RELIEVED EACH OTHER WITH THE CPR. THE OTHER DOCTOR DID ALL THE RESCUE BREATHING. WE CONTINUED THIS UNTIL THE PARAMEDICS ARRIVED. THE DOCTORS ASKED ME FOR AN 'AMBU' BAG. I TOLD HIM WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT ONBOARD. LATER ON; WHILE I WAS COMPLETING MY PAPERWORK; I FOUND IN MY FLT ATTENDANT'S MANUAL; THAT WE DID; IN FACT; HAVE AN AMBU BAG ONBOARD. SINCE FLT ATTENDANTS ARE NOT TRAINED TO USE THIS EQUIP; I GUESS I FORGOT THAT IT WAS ONBOARD. THERE SHOULD BE MORE TRAINING ON THIS EQUIP; AND FLT ATTENDANTS SHOULD HAVE TO LOCATE IT DURING RECURRENT TRAINING. THE DOCTORS LATER TOLD ME THAT THE PAX PROBABLY DIED RIGHT AWAY BEFORE WE EVEN TRIED TO REVIVE HIM; THEREFORE; THE AMBU BAG WOULDN'T HAVE HELPED SAVE HIM.