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Attributes | |
ACN | 324119 |
Time | |
Date | 199512 |
Day | Fri |
Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | atc facility : ord |
State Reference | IL |
Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | artcc : zid tower : ord |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Navigation In Use | Other |
Flight Phase | cruise other descent : approach landing other |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : atp |
ASRS Report | 324119 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : first officer |
Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
Events | |
Anomaly | other anomaly other |
Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
Consequence | Other |
Narrative:
En route from bna-ord, #1 flight attendant called the cockpit with a medical emergency. Large male passenger had passed out returning from one of the aft lavs and was on the coach floor. Summoned a physician, administered oxygen, used the medical kit and was told that he was not responding too well. Declared an emergency with ZID and received expedited handling to ord. Paramedics met the flight, administered assistance to the passenger and he walked off the aircraft under his own power.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PAX MEDICAL EMER. PHYSICIAN ON SCENE, FLC DECLARED EMER AND RECEIVED EXPEDITED HANDLING TO ORD. PARAMEDICS MET FLT AND PAX WALKED OFF ACFT UNDER HIS OWN PWR.
Narrative: ENRTE FROM BNA-ORD, #1 FLT ATTENDANT CALLED THE COCKPIT WITH A MEDICAL EMER. LARGE MALE PAX HAD PASSED OUT RETURNING FROM ONE OF THE AFT LAVS AND WAS ON THE COACH FLOOR. SUMMONED A PHYSICIAN, ADMINISTERED OXYGEN, USED THE MEDICAL KIT AND WAS TOLD THAT HE WAS NOT RESPONDING TOO WELL. DECLARED AN EMER WITH ZID AND RECEIVED EXPEDITED HANDLING TO ORD. PARAMEDICS MET THE FLT, ADMINISTERED ASSISTANCE TO THE PAX AND HE WALKED OFF THE ACFT UNDER HIS OWN PWR.
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.