A320 flight attendants reported ill passenger vomited on two fas who took preventative measures on t...

Narrative:

After service; a passenger onboard became ill vomiting between the aft lavatories and stated she had experienced shortness of breath earlier in the day. Passenger condition improved after vomiting so we opted not to page for medical assistance in order to keep from unnecessarily exposing other passengers in case it was contagious. I was picking up trash at row six when this occurred. D flight attendant signaled for a flight attendant to come to the back. Both D flight attendant and a flight attendant were vomited on; lightly. They retrieved the clean-up kit and cleaned themselves and the area to the best of their abilities while also tending to the passenger. A flight attendant and I decided to switch positions; thoroughly briefing our changes in responsibilities; in an effort to keep me from being exposed. I stayed up front taking care of F; the pilots; and supporting D flight attendant and a flight attendant to the best of my abilities. I landed in a flight attendant jumpseat; a flight attendant landed in my jumpseat; and D flight attendant had to take the east/F jumpseat since the C jumpseat was contaminated with vomit. We debriefed with base manager and D flight attendant and a flight attendant completed the exposure forms. We called the paramedics and had them check on the passenger. She was released after being evaluated.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A320 flight attendants reported ill passenger vomited on two FAs who took preventative measures on their persons as well as requested passenger medical evaluation at destination.

Narrative: After service; a passenger onboard became ill vomiting between the aft lavatories and stated she had experienced shortness of breath earlier in the day. Passenger condition improved after vomiting so we opted not to page for medical assistance in order to keep from unnecessarily exposing other passengers in case it was contagious. I was picking up trash at row six when this occurred. D FA signaled for A FA to come to the back. Both D FA and A FA were vomited on; lightly. They retrieved the clean-up kit and cleaned themselves and the area to the best of their abilities while also tending to the passenger. A FA and I decided to switch positions; thoroughly briefing our changes in responsibilities; in an effort to keep me from being exposed. I stayed up front taking care of F; the pilots; and supporting D FA and A FA to the best of my abilities. I landed in A FA jumpseat; A FA landed in my jumpseat; and D FA had to take the E/F jumpseat since the C jumpseat was contaminated with vomit. We debriefed with base manager and D FA and A FA completed the exposure forms. We called the paramedics and had them check on the passenger. She was released after being evaluated.

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	1738078
Time
Date	202003
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant In Charge
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Person 2
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness

A320 flight attendants reported ill passenger vomited on two fas who took preventative measures on their persons as well as requested passenger medical evaluation at destination.