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A B757 flight crew diverts to another airport after declaring a medical emergency for a passenger suffering a heart attack while southeast of slc, ut.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 530318 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200111 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : slc.airport |
| State Reference | UT |
| Altitude | msl single value : 35000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zlc.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 crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 980 |
| ASRS Report | 530318 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event : passenger illness |
| Independent Detector | other other : cab 5 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Environmental Factor Passenger Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Passenger Human Performance |
Narrative:
En route dfw-sea, passenger experienced a heart attack. Declared medical emergency, diverted to slc. Although the passenger did not survive, her chance of survival was greatly enhanced by professional handling of the situation by ATC and the cabin crew members who made available defibrillator, emergency medical kits and oxygen to an emergency medical team who just happened to be onboard. The first officer was also very helpful in performing his duties and offering suggestions as the situation developed. His most recent recurrent training contained a similar scenario. It was evident that both cockpit and cabin crew past training was helpful in this situation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757 FLC DIVERTS TO ANOTHER ARPT AFTER DECLARING A MEDICAL EMER FOR A PAX SUFFERING A HEART ATTACK WHILE SE OF SLC, UT.
Narrative: ENRTE DFW-SEA, PAX EXPERIENCED A HEART ATTACK. DECLARED MEDICAL EMER, DIVERTED TO SLC. ALTHOUGH THE PAX DID NOT SURVIVE, HER CHANCE OF SURVIVAL WAS GREATLY ENHANCED BY PROFESSIONAL HANDLING OF THE SIT BY ATC AND THE CABIN CREW MEMBERS WHO MADE AVAILABLE DEFIBRILLATOR, EMER MEDICAL KITS AND OXYGEN TO AN EMER MEDICAL TEAM WHO JUST HAPPENED TO BE ONBOARD. THE FO WAS ALSO VERY HELPFUL IN PERFORMING HIS DUTIES AND OFFERING SUGGESTIONS AS THE SIT DEVELOPED. HIS MOST RECENT RECURRENT TRAINING CONTAINED A SIMILAR SCENARIO. IT WAS EVIDENT THAT BOTH COCKPIT AND CABIN CREW PAST TRAINING WAS HELPFUL IN THIS SIT.
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.