Flight attendant reported a passenger illness which a passenger physician diagnosed as a heart attac...

Narrative:

Female passenger had heart attack symptoms; medical announcement made doctor/surgeon on board. Passenger placed on O2 and vitals taken. Doctor asked for automatic electronic defibrillator (aed) to monitor heart rhythms as he said she was in tachycardia. Landed with passenger laying on back galley. She had vomited and defecated all over the galley floor. Paramedics met aircraft and took passenger and her family off first; captain informed me after event he was unable to get med link. He said he had texted them in flight; but received no response. He stated that since direct access to med link via phone has been removed this has been a constant problem.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight Attendant reported a passenger illness which a passenger physician diagnosed as a heart attack. O2 was administered and Automatic Electronic Defibrillator (AED) monitored heart rhythms until paramedics removed ill passenger.

Narrative: Female passenger had heart attack symptoms; medical announcement made doctor/surgeon on board. Passenger placed on O2 and vitals taken. Doctor asked for Automatic Electronic Defibrillator (AED) to monitor heart rhythms as he said she was in tachycardia. Landed with passenger laying on back galley. She had vomited and defecated all over the galley floor. Paramedics met aircraft and took passenger and her family off first; Captain informed me after event he was unable to get med link. He said he had texted them in flight; but received no response. He stated that since direct access to med link via phone has been removed this has been a constant problem.

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	1327319
Time
Date	201601
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
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 passenger illness which a passenger physician diagnosed as a heart attack. O2 was administered and automatic electronic defibrillator (aed) monitored heart rhythms until paramedics removed ill passenger.