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Attributes | |
ACN | 540393 |
Time | |
Date | 200203 |
Day | Tue |
Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : dfw.airport |
State Reference | TX |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | artcc : zfw.artcc tower : lga.tower |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Navigation In Use | other |
Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
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 : 30 flight attendant time total : 30 |
ASRS Report | 540393 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : atp |
Events | |
Anomaly | cabin event : passenger illness |
Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport |
Consequence | other |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Passenger Human Performance |
Primary Problem | Passenger Human Performance |
Narrative:
Passenger had a seizure which normally would not cause alarm, but passenger was partially paralyzed on l-hand side due to previous carotoid artery surgery. Medical felt that passenger should be taken off and checked, so we air interrupted lax. 4 doctors, 3 nurses, 1 emt assisted. Passenger was on high blood pressure medication. Passenger walked off the plane in lax with full color restored.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B767-300H FLC DIVERTED TO LAND ENRTE FOR A PAX MEDICAL EMER.
Narrative: PAX HAD A SEIZURE WHICH NORMALLY WOULD NOT CAUSE ALARM, BUT PAX WAS PARTIALLY PARALYZED ON L-HAND SIDE DUE TO PREVIOUS CAROTOID ARTERY SURGERY. MEDICAL FELT THAT PAX SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF AND CHKED, SO WE AIR INTERRUPTED LAX. 4 DOCTORS, 3 NURSES, 1 EMT ASSISTED. PAX WAS ON HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATION. PAX WALKED OFF THE PLANE IN LAX WITH FULL COLOR RESTORED.
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.