Narrative:

The passenger came onboard the aircraft with apparent breathing difficulty. He had many family members with him and his own medication and he was elderly. It appeared the passenger was using an inhaler to treat asthma, and he was not using it properly. His breathing problems became worse and he was given oxygen. He wasn't feeling well and went into the lavatory. When attempts were made to receive a response and there was no response from the passenger, the lavatory door was opened and he appeared not to be breathing. He was given mouth to mouth resuscitation, cardiac chest compressions and injections of medicine from the medical kit by an md onboard, but it appeared he did not respond. He was given additional medical attention when the aircraft landed in oma. There were not enough latex gloves onboard the aircraft for all the flight attendants, and the additional medical personnel who helped -- md and rn. The mask was shared during mouth to mouth resuscitation/cardiac chest compressions. The md and rn asked for the latex gloves prior to helping the passenger. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter states that medical personnel onboard worked on ill passenger for 45 mins and were unable to get a breathing response. There was no defibrillator onboard. Passenger was taken to hospital upon arrival in omaha. Flight continued onto final destination without incident.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AT CRUISE ONBOARD MD80S, PAX BECAME ILL AND FLC MADE EMER LNDG AT ALTERNATE. PARAMEDICS MEET ACFT. FLT PROCEEDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

Narrative: THE PAX CAME ONBOARD THE ACFT WITH APPARENT BREATHING DIFFICULTY. HE HAD MANY FAMILY MEMBERS WITH HIM AND HIS OWN MEDICATION AND HE WAS ELDERLY. IT APPEARED THE PAX WAS USING AN INHALER TO TREAT ASTHMA, AND HE WAS NOT USING IT PROPERLY. HIS BREATHING PROBS BECAME WORSE AND HE WAS GIVEN OXYGEN. HE WASN'T FEELING WELL AND WENT INTO THE LAVATORY. WHEN ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO RECEIVE A RESPONSE AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE PAX, THE LAVATORY DOOR WAS OPENED AND HE APPEARED NOT TO BE BREATHING. HE WAS GIVEN MOUTH TO MOUTH RESUSCITATION, CARDIAC CHEST COMPRESSIONS AND INJECTIONS OF MEDICINE FROM THE MEDICAL KIT BY AN MD ONBOARD, BUT IT APPEARED HE DID NOT RESPOND. HE WAS GIVEN ADDITIONAL MEDICAL ATTN WHEN THE ACFT LANDED IN OMA. THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH LATEX GLOVES ONBOARD THE ACFT FOR ALL THE FLT ATTENDANTS, AND THE ADDITIONAL MEDICAL PERSONNEL WHO HELPED -- MD AND RN. THE MASK WAS SHARED DURING MOUTH TO MOUTH RESUSCITATION/CARDIAC CHEST COMPRESSIONS. THE MD AND RN ASKED FOR THE LATEX GLOVES PRIOR TO HELPING THE PAX. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THAT MEDICAL PERSONNEL ONBOARD WORKED ON ILL PAX FOR 45 MINS AND WERE UNABLE TO GET A BREATHING RESPONSE. THERE WAS NO DEFIBRILLATOR ONBOARD. PAX WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL UPON ARR IN OMAHA. FLT CONTINUED ONTO FINAL DEST WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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.