Cabin attendant report, B757, sna-ord. Ill woman, intervention by passenger md and nurse. Used aed, ...

Attributes
ACN	481542
Time
Date	200006
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zau.artcc
State Reference	IL
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zau.artcc artcc : zbw.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty oversight : flight attendant in charge
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 6
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 21 flight attendant time total : 28 flight attendant time type : 90
ASRS Report	481542
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger illness
Independent Detector	other other : cab #3
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Passenger Human Performance

Narrative:

The flight attendants in the main cabin had informed me that a female passenger was sick to her stomach. About 1 hour 45 mins out of ord, one of the flight attendants in the main cabin called me and said that this lady was still sick and now complaining of chest pains. I went back immediately. I told my #3 flight attendant to tell the cockpit, as I went back. The lady was sitting in the aft r-hand lavatory, sitting on the toilet and vomiting in the basin. I grabbed oxygen out of aft l-hand doghouse and paged for a volunteer physician. Dr X came back immediately and started asking passenger X questions. I called the captain and informed him what was going on right away. I told the other flight attendants to bring back enhanced medical kit and automatic external defibrillator. Used blood pressure cuff. Blood pressure was good. A critical care nurse ms Y also came back to assist. We made a bed on the aft galley floor for the passenger. I hooked her up to the automatic external defibrillator to monitor her. She kept vomiting. Chest pains subsided. Dr X and nurse Y decided to put sodium chloride iv in her. I kept the captain informed at all times. The captain was in touch with our medical and told them everything we were doing for passenger X and medical said that we were doing everything a-ok -- just right on. We had lots of bio hazard material to dispose of. We needed lots more alcohol pads and blue and green gloves in the enhanced medical kit. The 3 of us and the dr and nurse used all the gloves, disposing of bloody things and vomit. We put it all in the bio bottle (needles) and red bio bag. There were only about 3 alcohol pads in enhanced medical kit. Passenger stayed stable. I relocated the 3 passenger in the last row on the left so passenger X, dr X and nurse Y could situation there for landing. We kept her hooked up to the aed through landing and oxygen was here if she needed it. Paramedics met the flight and took her to xx hospital in chicago. Right after all this, we still had to work a full flight to phx.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CABIN ATTENDANT RPT, B757, SNA-ORD. ILL WOMAN, INTERVENTION BY PAX MD AND NURSE. USED AED, IV, BIOHAZARD BAG. NEEDED MORE DISPOSABLE GLOVES, ALCOHOL PADS. PAX TAKEN TO HOSPITAL IN CHICAGO.

Narrative: THE FLT ATTENDANTS IN THE MAIN CABIN HAD INFORMED ME THAT A FEMALE PAX WAS SICK TO HER STOMACH. ABOUT 1 HR 45 MINS OUT OF ORD, ONE OF THE FLT ATTENDANTS IN THE MAIN CABIN CALLED ME AND SAID THAT THIS LADY WAS STILL SICK AND NOW COMPLAINING OF CHEST PAINS. I WENT BACK IMMEDIATELY. I TOLD MY #3 FLT ATTENDANT TO TELL THE COCKPIT, AS I WENT BACK. THE LADY WAS SITTING IN THE AFT R-HAND LAVATORY, SITTING ON THE TOILET AND VOMITING IN THE BASIN. I GRABBED OXYGEN OUT OF AFT L-HAND DOGHOUSE AND PAGED FOR A VOLUNTEER PHYSICIAN. DR X CAME BACK IMMEDIATELY AND STARTED ASKING PAX X QUESTIONS. I CALLED THE CAPT AND INFORMED HIM WHAT WAS GOING ON RIGHT AWAY. I TOLD THE OTHER FLT ATTENDANTS TO BRING BACK ENHANCED MEDICAL KIT AND AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR. USED BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF. BLOOD PRESSURE WAS GOOD. A CRITICAL CARE NURSE MS Y ALSO CAME BACK TO ASSIST. WE MADE A BED ON THE AFT GALLEY FLOOR FOR THE PAX. I HOOKED HER UP TO THE AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR TO MONITOR HER. SHE KEPT VOMITING. CHEST PAINS SUBSIDED. DR X AND NURSE Y DECIDED TO PUT SODIUM CHLORIDE IV IN HER. I KEPT THE CAPT INFORMED AT ALL TIMES. THE CAPT WAS IN TOUCH WITH OUR MEDICAL AND TOLD THEM EVERYTHING WE WERE DOING FOR PAX X AND MEDICAL SAID THAT WE WERE DOING EVERYTHING A-OK -- JUST RIGHT ON. WE HAD LOTS OF BIO HAZARD MATERIAL TO DISPOSE OF. WE NEEDED LOTS MORE ALCOHOL PADS AND BLUE AND GREEN GLOVES IN THE ENHANCED MEDICAL KIT. THE 3 OF US AND THE DR AND NURSE USED ALL THE GLOVES, DISPOSING OF BLOODY THINGS AND VOMIT. WE PUT IT ALL IN THE BIO BOTTLE (NEEDLES) AND RED BIO BAG. THERE WERE ONLY ABOUT 3 ALCOHOL PADS IN ENHANCED MEDICAL KIT. PAX STAYED STABLE. I RELOCATED THE 3 PAX IN THE LAST ROW ON THE L SO PAX X, DR X AND NURSE Y COULD SIT THERE FOR LNDG. WE KEPT HER HOOKED UP TO THE AED THROUGH LNDG AND OXYGEN WAS HERE IF SHE NEEDED IT. PARAMEDICS MET THE FLT AND TOOK HER TO XX HOSPITAL IN CHICAGO. RIGHT AFTER ALL THIS, WE STILL HAD TO WORK A FULL FLT TO PHX.

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.

Cabin attendant report, B757, sna-ord. Ill woman, intervention by passenger md and nurse. Used aed, iv, biohazard bag. Needed more disposable gloves, alcohol pads. Passenger taken to hospital in chicago.