Flight attendant report on ill passenger on B757, san-bos. Divert to msp.

Attributes
ACN	436579
Time
Date	199905
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zmp.artcc
State Reference	MN
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zmp.artcc artcc : zmp.artcc
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 7
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 3.5 flight attendant time total : 3.5 flight attendant time type : 20
ASRS Report	436579
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty oversight : flight attendant in charge
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger illness other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : #3
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : diverted to another airport
Consequence	Other

Narrative:

The other first class flight attendant and myself were seated at the forward part of the first class cabin due to medium choppy air. Suddenly a flight attendant walked up from the back of coach. She was going to tell the cockpit that a passenger was having trouble breathing, but then asked the #1 flight attendant to do that, while she grabbed the heart defibrillator we keep on board, in order to monitor the man who was having trouble breathing. The #1 flight attendant advised the captain and we both went to the back of coach class to help. When we got back to coach, the man having trouble breathing and was in the bathroom vomiting and having diarrhea. Meanwhile, a physician had been paged. 2 respirologists came to the back of the plane to help out. The other coach flight attendant asked if the #1 flight attendant and I could get the medical kit from up front cockpit. We did that and then the initial coach flight attendant asked the #1 flight attendant and I to go back up to first class, because there were too many bodies back there. We said 'sure' and asked to be alerted if they needed help. The captain had contact with the coach flight attendants during the next approximately 20 mins and decided to go ahead and land in minneapolis, because the man's condition wasn't improving. By this time, he was out of the bathroom and taking oxygen while seated in the last row of coach. We landed in minneapolis and from there the paramedics at the airport took over.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT ON ILL PAX ON B757, SAN-BOS. DIVERT TO MSP.

Narrative: THE OTHER FIRST CLASS FLT ATTENDANT AND MYSELF WERE SEATED AT THE FORWARD PART OF THE FIRST CLASS CABIN DUE TO MEDIUM CHOPPY AIR. SUDDENLY A FLT ATTENDANT WALKED UP FROM THE BACK OF COACH. SHE WAS GOING TO TELL THE COCKPIT THAT A PAX WAS HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING, BUT THEN ASKED THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT TO DO THAT, WHILE SHE GRABBED THE HEART DEFIBRILLATOR WE KEEP ON BOARD, IN ORDER TO MONITOR THE MAN WHO WAS HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING. THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT ADVISED THE CAPT AND WE BOTH WENT TO THE BACK OF COACH CLASS TO HELP. WHEN WE GOT BACK TO COACH, THE MAN HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING AND WAS IN THE BATHROOM VOMITING AND HAVING DIARRHEA. MEANWHILE, A PHYSICIAN HAD BEEN PAGED. 2 RESPIROLOGISTS CAME TO THE BACK OF THE PLANE TO HELP OUT. THE OTHER COACH FLT ATTENDANT ASKED IF THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT AND I COULD GET THE MEDICAL KIT FROM UP FRONT COCKPIT. WE DID THAT AND THEN THE INITIAL COACH FLT ATTENDANT ASKED THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT AND I TO GO BACK UP TO FIRST CLASS, BECAUSE THERE WERE TOO MANY BODIES BACK THERE. WE SAID 'SURE' AND ASKED TO BE ALERTED IF THEY NEEDED HELP. THE CAPT HAD CONTACT WITH THE COACH FLT ATTENDANTS DURING THE NEXT APPROX 20 MINS AND DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND LAND IN MINNEAPOLIS, BECAUSE THE MAN'S CONDITION WASN'T IMPROVING. BY THIS TIME, HE WAS OUT OF THE BATHROOM AND TAKING OXYGEN WHILE SEATED IN THE LAST ROW OF COACH. WE LANDED IN MINNEAPOLIS AND FROM THERE THE PARAMEDICS AT THE ARPT TOOK OVER.

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.