Flight attendant reported a very sick child in the back of the aircraft during deplaning; but they c...

Narrative:

During deplaning; a child became very ill. Because the pilots working this flight had turned off the power to the aircraft; the flight attendants in the back were unable to seek assistance from the flight attendants in the front. There was no power for the interphone or PA system to work. A flight attendant had to jump over seat backs to get to the front of the cabin to obtain universal precaution kit and request assistance. It is my understanding that it is standard procedure for the pilots to do this. It is extremely unsafe when there are passengers on board. If this had been an unwarranted evacuation or a heart attack; we would have no way to seek help.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight Attendant reported a very sick child in the back of the aircraft during deplaning; but they could not contact the forward Flight Attendant because the power had been turned off by the flight crew. Climbing over seats was the only solution.

Narrative: During deplaning; a child became very ill. Because the pilots working this flight had turned off the power to the aircraft; the flight attendants in the back were unable to seek assistance from the flight attendants in the front. There was no power for the interphone or PA system to work. A flight attendant had to jump over seat backs to get to the front of the cabin to obtain Universal Precaution Kit and request assistance. It is my understanding that it is standard procedure for the pilots to do this. It is extremely unsafe when there are passengers on board. If this had been an unwarranted evacuation or a heart attack; we would have no way to seek help.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1401624
Time
Date	201611
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness

Flight attendant reported a very sick child in the back of the aircraft during deplaning; but they could not contact the forward flight attendant because the power had been turned off by the flight crew. Climbing over seats was the only solution.