FLT ATTENDANTS; MD'S; AND AN EMT WORK TO TRY TO SAVE AN ELDERLY PAX SUFFERING FROM AN ULTIMATELY FATAL AIRBORNE MEDICAL INCIDENT.

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FLT ATTENDANT AND I WERE IN THE AFT GALLEY WHEN WE HEARD A COMMOTION BY THE REAR LAVATORIES. WE SAW AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN BENT OVER WITH HIS HEAD IN HIS SON'S ARMS. WE HAD THE GENTLEMEN SIT ON THE FLT ATTENDANT JUMPSEAT. I ASKED THE PAX'S SON IF HIS FATHER WAS ON MEDICATION OR IF HE HAD MEDICAL PROBS. HE SAID YES. WE GOT AN OXYGEN BOTTLE AND I GAVE IT TO HIM. I THEN CALLED THE FRONT CABIN TO LET THEM KNOW WE HAD A MEDICAL EMER THAT WE WERE ASSESSING. WE PUT HIM ON THE GALLEY FLOOR AND HE WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY BREATHING. I PAGED AN 'MD' OR 'DO.' 2 MD'S AND 1 EMT CAME TO THE GALLEY. I THEN RETRIEVED THE MEDICAL KIT AND AED. AFTER GIVING THESE TO THE MD AND EMT; THEY HOOKED THE PAX UP TO AN IV AND THEN BEGAN CPR WITH A CABIN ATTENDANT DOING THE COMPRESSIONS AND THE MD DOING THE BREATHING. THE MD WANTED TO KNOW WHAT MEDICATION THE PAX WAS ON; SO I GOT THIS AND THEN CALLED OUT TO THE DOCTOR WHAT WAS IN HIS MEDICATION BAG. THE MD AND EMT SAID WE NEEDED TO LAND AND I RELAYED THIS TO THE PLTS. THEY GOT BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY TO SAY WE WERE LNDG IN ZZZ ASAP. I TOOK OVER COMPRESSIONS DURING LNDG UNTIL THE PARAMEDICS TOLD ME TO STOP. WE NEEDED MORE SURGICAL GLOVES THAN WERE PROVIDED ON THIS ACFT. OUR PAX HAD A PACEMAKER AND; THEREFORE; THE AED WOULD NOT SIGNAL TO SHOCK OUR PAX. I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE INFO PROVIDED ABOUT WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU KNOW A PAX HAS NO PULSE; IS NOT BREATHING; HAS A PACEMAKER AND THE AED SAYS NOT TO SHOCK YOUR PAX. THE DOCTOR; EMT; AND FLT ATTENDANT DID A FABULOUS JOB TRYING TO REVIVE OUR PAX. HE WAS FINALLY PRONOUNCED DOA AT A HOSPITAL IN ZZZ.