Narrative:

Basically, the passenger involved had a family member come to a crew member to tell us that she was lethargic, almost to being passed out. Another crew member came to get me, since she was having a medical situation and my being an rn. I performed an assessment and determined that the passenger affected was coming to normal behavioral functioning. The following arc of my assessment: 1) peerla [pupils equally round, regular, relative to light accommodation], lethargic stupor to walking in cabin, 2) reflexes improved after incident and headache. I determined not to page for a doctor because of the improving condition of passenger. If passenger would decline, I would have paged a doctor, and cockpit would then decide to land plane. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated that the ill passenger's brother said that the woman had had a mini-stroke the month before, and that her doctor had advised her not to travel by plane. The reporter did keep the cockpit closely advised of the situation, in case they had to divert. By the time they decided not to divert, they were already an hour from landing, where the passenger and her doctor lived. Paramedics met the plane and she was rushed to the hospital, where she later died.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CABIN ATTENDANT RPT, B767-200, LAX-IAD. AT CRUISE LEVEL, ILL PAX TAKEN TO HOSPITAL ON ARR.

Narrative: BASICALLY, THE PAX INVOLVED HAD A FAMILY MEMBER COME TO A CREW MEMBER TO TELL US THAT SHE WAS LETHARGIC, ALMOST TO BEING PASSED OUT. ANOTHER CREW MEMBER CAME TO GET ME, SINCE SHE WAS HAVING A MEDICAL SIT AND MY BEING AN RN. I PERFORMED AN ASSESSMENT AND DETERMINED THAT THE PAX AFFECTED WAS COMING TO NORMAL BEHAVIORAL FUNCTIONING. THE FOLLOWING ARC OF MY ASSESSMENT: 1) PEERLA [PUPILS EQUALLY ROUND, REGULAR, RELATIVE TO LIGHT ACCOMMODATION], LETHARGIC STUPOR TO WALKING IN CABIN, 2) REFLEXES IMPROVED AFTER INCIDENT AND HEADACHE. I DETERMINED NOT TO PAGE FOR A DOCTOR BECAUSE OF THE IMPROVING CONDITION OF PAX. IF PAX WOULD DECLINE, I WOULD HAVE PAGED A DOCTOR, AND COCKPIT WOULD THEN DECIDE TO LAND PLANE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT THE ILL PAX'S BROTHER SAID THAT THE WOMAN HAD HAD A MINI-STROKE THE MONTH BEFORE, AND THAT HER DOCTOR HAD ADVISED HER NOT TO TRAVEL BY PLANE. THE RPTR DID KEEP THE COCKPIT CLOSELY ADVISED OF THE SIT, IN CASE THEY HAD TO DIVERT. BY THE TIME THEY DECIDED NOT TO DIVERT, THEY WERE ALREADY AN HR FROM LNDG, WHERE THE PAX AND HER DOCTOR LIVED. PARAMEDICS MET THE PLANE AND SHE WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE LATER DIED.

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.