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2 MD80 flight attendants reported that a passenger experienced severe eye pain after departing from ewr causing the captain to divert to iad.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 601636 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200312 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zdc.artcc |
| State Reference | VA |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zdc.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) 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 |
| Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 1 |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 38 flight attendant time total : 38 flight attendant time type : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 601636 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 1 |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 32 flight attendant time total : 32 flight attendant time type : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 601931 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event : passenger illness |
| Independent Detector | other other : 2 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Passenger Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Passenger Human Performance |
Narrative:
Passenger should not have flown on an aircraft following eye operation, so soon. Passenger came to back of aircraft and asked for aspirin right after takeoff. Flight attendant #4 gave him non aspirin from service kit. Passenger in xa came to the beverage cart to tell me man in xb was sick and requesting doctor. Called cockpit to lower cabin altitude. I went to passenger and he complained of severe pain in eye, said he had eye surgery recently (1 week earlier) for hemorrhage of eye. He was sweating profusely, grabbing head, rapid pulse and heartbeat. Gave him an ice pack to apply to eye, paged for a voluntary doctor or medical help. 2 doctors came and helped. The doctors wanted aed used, blood pressure cuff, first aid kit, and oxygen. Passenger got worse, he was getting irrational and incoherent. Got him to floor, oxygen given. Captain flying as a non revenue passenger was helping, talking to cockpit. Cockpit talking to company's medical doctor. Decision was to land in iad. Paramedics met aircraft and took him off to hospital.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: 2 MD80 FLT ATTENDANTS RPTED THAT A PAX EXPERIENCED SEVERE EYE PAIN AFTER DEPARTING FROM EWR CAUSING THE CAPT TO DIVERT TO IAD.
Narrative: PAX SHOULD NOT HAVE FLOWN ON AN ACFT FOLLOWING EYE OPERATION, SO SOON. PAX CAME TO BACK OF ACFT AND ASKED FOR ASPIRIN RIGHT AFTER TKOF. FLT ATTENDANT #4 GAVE HIM NON ASPIRIN FROM SVC KIT. PAX IN XA CAME TO THE BEVERAGE CART TO TELL ME MAN IN XB WAS SICK AND REQUESTING DOCTOR. CALLED COCKPIT TO LOWER CABIN ALT. I WENT TO PAX AND HE COMPLAINED OF SEVERE PAIN IN EYE, SAID HE HAD EYE SURGERY RECENTLY (1 WK EARLIER) FOR HEMORRHAGE OF EYE. HE WAS SWEATING PROFUSELY, GRABBING HEAD, RAPID PULSE AND HEARTBEAT. GAVE HIM AN ICE PACK TO APPLY TO EYE, PAGED FOR A VOLUNTARY DOCTOR OR MEDICAL HELP. 2 DOCTORS CAME AND HELPED. THE DOCTORS WANTED AED USED, BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF, FIRST AID KIT, AND OXYGEN. PAX GOT WORSE, HE WAS GETTING IRRATIONAL AND INCOHERENT. GOT HIM TO FLOOR, OXYGEN GIVEN. CAPT FLYING AS A NON REVENUE PAX WAS HELPING, TALKING TO COCKPIT. COCKPIT TALKING TO COMPANY'S MEDICAL DOCTOR. DECISION WAS TO LAND IN IAD. PARAMEDICS MET ACFT AND TOOK HIM OFF TO 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.