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Attributes | |
ACN | 518223 |
Time | |
Date | 200107 |
Day | Sat |
Place | |
Locale Reference | atc facility : zny.artcc |
State Reference | NY |
Environment | |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny.artcc tower : jfk.tower |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | cruise : level |
Route In Use | enroute : atlantic |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight attendant : on duty |
Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified |
Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 2.5 flight attendant time total : 2.5 flight attendant time type : 25 |
ASRS Report | 518223 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight attendant : on duty |
Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified |
Events | |
Anomaly | cabin event : passenger illness |
Independent Detector | other other : cab 2 |
Resolutory Action | controller : provided flight assist flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Passenger Human Performance |
Primary Problem | Passenger Human Performance |
Narrative:
At approximately XA30, I was in the aft galley, just having finished the pick-up service after breakfast. I heard a PA asking for a physician, doctor or nurse. I proceeded to mid cabin where flight attendant #3 was trying to determine what was wrong with an ill passenger. Together, we checked breathing and pulse, which both were present. Flight attendant #4 went for oxygen, flight attendant #1 brought the aed and kit. Flight attendant #3 and myself put passenger on the aisle floor. We put on the oxygen (low flow) on passenger and he still did not regain consciousness. We then put on the aed pads. The passenger was having difficulty breathing, flushed around his chest and a very fast pulse. Person (niece) traveling with him, said he was a heart patient and gave us a bag full of medications. Captain informed us of landing in bermuda, in approximately 15 mins. We moved passenger to the main cabinet bulkhead for landing. I stayed with him during landing and then the airport medics took over. The aed never advised a shock. We used it to monitor passenger only. Passenger never really regained consciousness. Medics and physicians started an iv. Passenger was removed from aircraft and transported to local hospital.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A FLT DIVERTS TO BERMUDA WHEN A PAX LOSES CONSCIOUSNESS WHILE IN CRUISE ON AN OVERWATER FLT TO SJU, PR.
Narrative: AT APPROX XA30, I WAS IN THE AFT GALLEY, JUST HAVING FINISHED THE PICK-UP SVC AFTER BREAKFAST. I HEARD A PA ASKING FOR A PHYSICIAN, DOCTOR OR NURSE. I PROCEEDED TO MID CABIN WHERE FLT ATTENDANT #3 WAS TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS WRONG WITH AN ILL PAX. TOGETHER, WE CHKED BREATHING AND PULSE, WHICH BOTH WERE PRESENT. FLT ATTENDANT #4 WENT FOR OXYGEN, FLT ATTENDANT #1 BROUGHT THE AED AND KIT. FLT ATTENDANT #3 AND MYSELF PUT PAX ON THE AISLE FLOOR. WE PUT ON THE OXYGEN (LOW FLOW) ON PAX AND HE STILL DID NOT REGAIN CONSCIOUSNESS. WE THEN PUT ON THE AED PADS. THE PAX WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY BREATHING, FLUSHED AROUND HIS CHEST AND A VERY FAST PULSE. PERSON (NIECE) TRAVELING WITH HIM, SAID HE WAS A HEART PATIENT AND GAVE US A BAG FULL OF MEDICATIONS. CAPT INFORMED US OF LNDG IN BERMUDA, IN APPROX 15 MINS. WE MOVED PAX TO THE MAIN CABINET BULKHEAD FOR LNDG. I STAYED WITH HIM DURING LNDG AND THEN THE ARPT MEDICS TOOK OVER. THE AED NEVER ADVISED A SHOCK. WE USED IT TO MONITOR PAX ONLY. PAX NEVER REALLY REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS. MEDICS AND PHYSICIANS STARTED AN IV. PAX WAS REMOVED FROM ACFT AND TRANSPORTED TO LCL HOSPITAL.
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.