<< >> NASA ASRS Report 350042, October 1996

An air carrier F100 crew had a passenger with a possible stroke. Medical emergency declared. Passenger behavior illness.

Attributes
ACN	350042
Time
Date	199610
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : mdt
State Reference	PA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 33000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zny
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Fokker 100
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other other
Route In Use	approach : visual enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 10050 flight time type : 1650
ASRS Report	350042
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other

Narrative:

Passenger complained of numbness and slurring of speech, possible stroke. Air carrier medical was consulted. Oxygen given to passenger. We declared medical emergency. We decided continuing to phl was as quick as diverting to mdt. We got priority handling with vectors to visual final.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR F100 CREW HAD A PAX WITH A POSSIBLE STROKE. MEDICAL EMER DECLARED. PAX BEHAVIOR ILLNESS.

Narrative: PAX COMPLAINED OF NUMBNESS AND SLURRING OF SPEECH, POSSIBLE STROKE. ACR MEDICAL WAS CONSULTED. OXYGEN GIVEN TO PAX. WE DECLARED MEDICAL EMER. WE DECIDED CONTINUING TO PHL WAS AS QUICK AS DIVERTING TO MDT. WE GOT PRIORITY HANDLING WITH VECTORS TO VISUAL FINAL.

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.