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Air carrier captain reported a passenger reported having health issues during the flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1765090 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202010 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness |
Narrative:
Passenger X; reported pain. Flight attendant asked what her pain level was on a scale of 1-10; the passenger reported a 7. Within 5 minutes; the flight attendants had called for and found an emt on board. Passenger Y (emt) and flight attendant X provided oxygen; and concurrently we descended from FL310 to FL210 to reduce the cabin altitude. I asked the flight attendants and emt if necessary to divert into ZZZ1; which we were currently flying over. The passenger said she wanted to go on to ZZZ2; and the emt echoed that. The passenger was feeling a little better; and it would be ok to continue to ZZZ2. I then requested priority handling and relief from any speed restrictions on the arrival and assuring xl the closest runway. While she received attention on the plane the passenger stated that she had been exposed to covid in the last three days. I passed this information on to dispatch and operations in ZZZ2 to alert the paramedics coming aboard of the passenger's status and potential exposure.would like to commend my crew for doing an exceptional job. First officer handled the radios and flying while I was communicating and coordinating with the flight attendants and dispatch. The flight attends were professional; calm; had all necessary information that needed to be disseminated. Extremely timely updates throughout the flight. Can't emphasize enough how well this crew handled the situation presented.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Captain reported a passenger reported having health issues during the flight.
Narrative: Passenger X; reported pain. Flight attendant asked what her pain level was on a scale of 1-10; the passenger reported a 7. Within 5 minutes; the flight attendants had called for and found an EMT on board. Passenger Y (EMT) and FA X provided oxygen; and concurrently we descended from FL310 to FL210 to reduce the cabin altitude. I asked the flight attendants and EMT if necessary to divert into ZZZ1; which we were currently flying over. The passenger said she wanted to go on to ZZZ2; and the EMT echoed that. The passenger was feeling a little better; and it would be OK to continue to ZZZ2. I then requested priority handling and relief from any speed restrictions on the arrival and assuring XL the closest runway. While she received attention on the plane the passenger stated that she had been exposed to COVID in the last three days. I passed this information on to Dispatch and operations in ZZZ2 to alert the paramedics coming aboard of the passenger's status and potential exposure.Would like to commend my crew for doing an exceptional job. FO handled the radios and flying while I was communicating and coordinating with the flight attendants and Dispatch. The flight attends were professional; calm; had all necessary information that needed to be disseminated. Extremely timely updates throughout the flight. Can't emphasize enough how well this crew handled the situation presented.
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