B737 flight attendant reported feeling faint; passed out and hit her head on galley counter. Medical...

Narrative:

After the final service cart had been completed I noticed I was feeling suddenly very faint; dizzy; and nauseated. I went to the back galley and sat on the jump seat; thinking I needed to go to the lav I got up and fainted near the jump seat. I hit my head in the fall on the galley counter; and when I regained consciousness I put myself in the jump seat and strapped in. The c flight attendant called captain; we were under 18 thousand feet and informed him that I needed to be replaced. The crew decided that because of my state I needed to be assessed by medics. Medical personnel met the plane and took me to the emergency room. They took me off before allowing off passengers for fear that I had injured my head in the fall or would faint again; under an emergency situation minimum crew was not present for deplaning. I was concussed and confused by this point and did not realize until later at the hospital that I had violated minimum crew.because it was an emergency situation and the paramedics believed I needed to exit the plane immediately I'm not sure violating minimum crew could have been avoided.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 Flight Attendant reported feeling faint; passed out and hit her head on galley counter. Medical personnel met aircraft and she was removed before passengers deplaned.

Narrative: After the final service cart had been completed I noticed I was feeling suddenly very faint; dizzy; and nauseated. I went to the back galley and sat on the jump seat; thinking I needed to go to the lav I got up and fainted near the jump seat. I hit my head in the fall on the galley counter; and when I regained consciousness I put myself in the jump seat and strapped in. The c flight attendant called captain; we were under 18 thousand feet and informed him that I needed to be replaced. The crew decided that because of my state I needed to be assessed by medics. Medical personnel met the plane and took me to the emergency room. They took me off before allowing off passengers for fear that I had injured my head in the fall or would faint again; under an emergency situation minimum crew was not present for deplaning. I was concussed and confused by this point and did not realize until later at the hospital that I had violated minimum crew.Because it was an emergency situation and the paramedics believed I needed to exit the plane immediately I'm not sure violating minimum crew could have been avoided.

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	1377255
Time
Date	201608
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
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 FAR Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness

B737 flight attendant reported feeling faint; passed out and hit her head on galley counter. Medical personnel met aircraft and she was removed before passengers deplaned.