<< >> NASA ASRS Report 197399, December 1991

Air carrier medium large transport had to divert to an alternate for a sick passenger traveling with a companion that was represented to the airline as a nurse but was not qualified even in first aid.

Attributes
ACN	197399
Time
Date	199112
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : ape
State Reference	OH
Altitude	msl bound lower : 31000 msl bound upper : 31000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zob tracon : gjt
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute airway : zob
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	197399
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport

Narrative:

Passenger with aids boarded flight in ewr allowed on board because nurse accompanied passenger. In flight 'a' flight attendant advised captain that passenger was breathing laboriously and needed O2 and advised me that the companion was not a nurse and did not know first aid. Passenger became incoherent and face color went pale. Landed cmh, paramedics removed passenger. Moral of story: verify certificates.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG HAD TO DIVERT TO AN ALTERNATE FOR A SICK PAX TRAVELING WITH A COMPANION THAT WAS REPRESENTED TO THE AIRLINE AS A NURSE BUT WAS NOT QUALIFIED EVEN IN FIRST AID.

Narrative: PAX WITH AIDS BOARDED FLT IN EWR ALLOWED ON BOARD BECAUSE NURSE ACCOMPANIED PAX. IN FLT 'A' FLT ATTENDANT ADVISED CAPT THAT PAX WAS BREATHING LABORIOUSLY AND NEEDED O2 AND ADVISED ME THAT THE COMPANION WAS NOT A NURSE AND DID NOT KNOW FIRST AID. PAX BECAME INCOHERENT AND FACE COLOR WENT PALE. LANDED CMH, PARAMEDICS REMOVED PAX. MORAL OF STORY: VERIFY CERTIFICATES.

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.