Narrative:

Medical emergency. At about 70 mi south of stl, flight attendant came up and said a woman was possibly having a heart attack. We turned around and started a descent into stl. The flight attendant then came up and said the woman's husband was a medical doctor and he said she was well enough to continue on to dfw. She was alert and coherent (talking) and she had good color. A registered nurse onboard confirmed that her vital signs were normal. We continued on to dfw, declared a medical emergency, and landed as soon as possible. The paramedics met the aircraft and after examining her told me that she probably just fainted as she appeared fine. The controllers did an outstanding job of assisting us.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF A SUPER MD80 TURNED BACK TO RETURN LAND DUE TO A MEDICAL EMER OF AN ILL PAX. HOWEVER, MEDICAL PAX REVIEWED THE ILL PAX AND ADVISED THE FLC THAT THE PAX WAS STABLE ENOUGH TO CONTINUE TO THE ORIGINAL DEST.

Narrative: MEDICAL EMER. AT ABOUT 70 MI S OF STL, FLT ATTENDANT CAME UP AND SAID A WOMAN WAS POSSIBLY HAVING A HEART ATTACK. WE TURNED AROUND AND STARTED A DSCNT INTO STL. THE FLT ATTENDANT THEN CAME UP AND SAID THE WOMAN'S HUSBAND WAS A MEDICAL DOCTOR AND HE SAID SHE WAS WELL ENOUGH TO CONTINUE ON TO DFW. SHE WAS ALERT AND COHERENT (TALKING) AND SHE HAD GOOD COLOR. A REGISTERED NURSE ONBOARD CONFIRMED THAT HER VITAL SIGNS WERE NORMAL. WE CONTINUED ON TO DFW, DECLARED A MEDICAL EMER, AND LANDED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE PARAMEDICS MET THE ACFT AND AFTER EXAMINING HER TOLD ME THAT SHE PROBABLY JUST FAINTED AS SHE APPEARED FINE. THE CTLRS DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF ASSISTING US.

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.