Posted by Sade Williams
A staff of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr. Ajani, has revived a passenger who collapsed as he was about boarding an Air Peace flight in Abuja by performing a cardiopulmonary resuscitation on him.
It was learnt that the FAAN Staff performed the exercise on the passenger before the arrival of a medical team, who carried out first aid on him.
A statement by FAAN spokesperson, Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu advised the public to always respect the privacy of passengers rather than going to the social media to announce stories about them.
According to her, ‘’to succeed in resolving emergencies, we do need more hands on deck, than on phone.’’
‘’With respect to a video making the rounds on social media, where a passenger about to board an Air Peace flight from Abuja collapsed, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) hereby notifies the general public that the passenger in question received immediate attention , as a FAAN officer, Mr. Ajani immediately revived the unconscious passenger by performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the passenger before the arrival of the medical team, which arrived shortly after to administer first aid treatment and subsequently evacuated the passenger to the Airforce Base clinic.
‘’FAAN will like to use this opportunity to appreciate feedbacks we are getting to drive and improve our processes. We appeal to stakeholders to always be orderly and proactive in the face of emergency situations as on that day, a Port Health officer on duty was intimidated and hindered from assisting the sick passenger. Interference, threats and agitations only undermine the focus on saving lives, and further slowing emergency response process.
‘’Additionally, we also do appeal that the privacy of any distressed person(s) in our facilities be always respected by desisting from just merely watching, and recording such persons for public broadcast. To succeed in resolving emergencies, we do need more hands on deck, than on phone.’’
