Narrative:

During climb after takeoff my flight service manager called the cockpit and informed us that we had a flight attendant with a head injury. We decided to return to newark and informed ATC. We were given a clearance to descend and begin our return. Approach control informed us that we would have to hold at rbv while a runway change was in progress. I called back and asked how our flight attendant was doing. I was informed that she had gotten worse (vomiting, numbness, large bump on her head) and at this time we told approach that we would have to declare an emergency to expedite our arrival into newark. We landed overweight and taxied into the arrival gate where paramedics met our aircraft and took the flight attendant to the hospital. All necessary paperwork (i.e., logbook and captain's irregularity reports) were completed. We then continued our flight to miami.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DURING CLB OUT FROM EWR A CABIN ATTENDANT GOT INJURED CAUSING ACFT TO RETURN LAND, DECLARE AN EMER AND LAND OVER MAX LNDG WT.

Narrative: DURING CLB AFTER TKOF MY FLT SVC MGR CALLED THE COCKPIT AND INFORMED US THAT WE HAD A FLT ATTENDANT WITH A HEAD INJURY. WE DECIDED TO RETURN TO NEWARK AND INFORMED ATC. WE WERE GIVEN A CLRNC TO DSND AND BEGIN OUR RETURN. APCH CTL INFORMED US THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO HOLD AT RBV WHILE A RWY CHANGE WAS IN PROGRESS. I CALLED BACK AND ASKED HOW OUR FLT ATTENDANT WAS DOING. I WAS INFORMED THAT SHE HAD GOTTEN WORSE (VOMITING, NUMBNESS, LARGE BUMP ON HER HEAD) AND AT THIS TIME WE TOLD APCH THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DECLARE AN EMER TO EXPEDITE OUR ARR INTO NEWARK. WE LANDED OVERWT AND TAXIED INTO THE ARR GATE WHERE PARAMEDICS MET OUR ACFT AND TOOK THE FLT ATTENDANT TO THE HOSPITAL. ALL NECESSARY PAPERWORK (I.E., LOGBOOK AND CAPT'S IRREGULARITY RPTS) WERE COMPLETED. WE THEN CONTINUED OUR FLT TO MIAMI.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.