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Attributes | |
ACN | 637215 |
Time | |
Date | 200411 |
Day | Tue |
Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
State Reference | US |
Environment | |
Light | Night |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | artcc : zzz.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 | descent : approach |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
ASRS Report | 637215 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : first officer |
Events | |
Anomaly | cabin event : passenger illness |
Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
Resolutory Action | controller : provided flight assist flight crew : declared emergency other |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Passenger Human Performance |
Primary Problem | Passenger Human Performance |
Narrative:
Approximately 70 NM north of ZZZ, #1 flight attendant reported that a male passenger in row xy ws pale and not feeling well. She had already requested medical assistance. I advised her to put the passenger on oxygen and to advise me of the findings of the doctor that had responded to the request. She reported that the doctor had positioned the passenger ying on the floor, that he'd requested emergency medical attention after landing, and that the passenger had a history of blood pressure problems. An emergency was declared and operations was advised to have medical assistance meet the flight. ATC provided expedited handling and paramedics met the flight at the gate.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MD80 CREW HAD A PAX ILLNESS. AN ONBOARD MD (DOCTOR) TREATED THE ILL PAX.
Narrative: APPROX 70 NM N OF ZZZ, #1 FLT ATTENDANT RPTED THAT A MALE PAX IN ROW XY WS PALE AND NOT FEELING WELL. SHE HAD ALREADY REQUESTED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. I ADVISED HER TO PUT THE PAX ON OXYGEN AND TO ADVISE ME OF THE FINDINGS OF THE DOCTOR THAT HAD RESPONDED TO THE REQUEST. SHE RPTED THAT THE DOCTOR HAD POSITIONED THE PAX YING ON THE FLOOR, THAT HE'D REQUESTED EMER MEDICAL ATTN AFTER LNDG, AND THAT THE PAX HAD A HISTORY OF BLOOD PRESSURE PROBS. AN EMER WAS DECLARED AND OPS WAS ADVISED TO HAVE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE MEET THE FLT. ATC PROVIDED EXPEDITED HANDLING AND PARAMEDICS MET THE FLT AT THE GATE.
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.