B737 flight attendant's report using one and a half portable oxygen bottles on a sick passenger much...

Attributes
ACN	803394
Time
Date	200808
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-900
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
ASRS Report	803394
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
ASRS Report	803395
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger illness
Independent Detector	other other : 1
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Passenger Human Performance Cabin Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

'D' flight attendant went to exit row to check on female passenger who was losing consciousness and feeling nauseous. Medical oxygen portable oxygen bottle was administered to the passenger; flight attendants paged for medical help; and F/D was notified. Medical company was contacted; doctor attended patient; and passenger was moved to a different row. After medical portable oxygen bottle was depleted; a second portable oxygen bottle was attached and flight attendants continued monitoring the passenger. Flight attendants gave the FD the cabin discrepancy report saying that 2 therapeutic portable oxygen bottles were used. The captain informed flight attendants that he should have been notified prior to the second portable oxygen bottle being administered; and that our second portable oxygen bottle was a decompression; and not a therapeutic portable oxygen bottle. Decompression oxygen (second portable oxygen bottle) went below 1500 psi during flight. A briefing with the flight attendants; an onboard FAA inspector; and then with the captain and first officer followed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 FA'S REPORT USING ONE AND A HALF PORTABLE OXYGEN BOTTLES ON A SICK PAX MUCH TO THE CAPT'S CHAGRIN. CAPT BELIEVES SECOND BOTTLE IS FOR FA USE DURING CABIN DECOMPRESSION.

Narrative: 'D' FLT ATTENDANT WENT TO EXIT ROW TO CHK ON FEMALE PAX WHO WAS LOSING CONSCIOUSNESS AND FEELING NAUSEOUS. MEDICAL OXYGEN PORTABLE OXYGEN BOTTLE WAS ADMINISTERED TO THE PAX; FLT ATTENDANTS PAGED FOR MEDICAL HELP; AND F/D WAS NOTIFIED. MEDICAL COMPANY WAS CONTACTED; DOCTOR ATTENDED PATIENT; AND PAX WAS MOVED TO A DIFFERENT ROW. AFTER MEDICAL PORTABLE OXYGEN BOTTLE WAS DEPLETED; A SECOND PORTABLE OXYGEN BOTTLE WAS ATTACHED AND FLT ATTENDANTS CONTINUED MONITORING THE PAX. FLT ATTENDANTS GAVE THE FD THE CABIN DISCREPANCY RPT SAYING THAT 2 THERAPEUTIC PORTABLE OXYGEN BOTTLES WERE USED. THE CAPT INFORMED FLT ATTENDANTS THAT HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED PRIOR TO THE SECOND PORTABLE OXYGEN BOTTLE BEING ADMINISTERED; AND THAT OUR SECOND PORTABLE OXYGEN BOTTLE WAS A DECOMPRESSION; AND NOT A THERAPEUTIC PORTABLE OXYGEN BOTTLE. DECOMPRESSION OXYGEN (SECOND PORTABLE OXYGEN BOTTLE) WENT BELOW 1500 PSI DURING FLT. A BRIEFING WITH THE FLT ATTENDANTS; AN ONBOARD FAA INSPECTOR; AND THEN WITH THE CAPT AND FO FOLLOWED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.

B737 flight attendant's report using one and a half portable oxygen bottles on a sick passenger much to the captain's chagrin. Captain believes second bottle is for flight attendant use during cabin decompression.