Flight attendant injury during normal high altitude cruise.

Attributes
ACN	286364
Time
Date	199410
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : czqx
State Reference	NF
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : czqx
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-11
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute : other oceanic enroute : atlantic
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	286364
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

After 4 hours and 30 mins of flight, flight attendant a bumped her head in the first class galley. She developed a large bump, was nauseous, and had trouble with her vision. Suspected possible concussion. Contacted dispatch via ACARS asking for medical personnel to meet us upon arrival. Followed up the call to lhr operations on changeover. Flight attendant B accompanied flight attendant a to hospital for treatment.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT ATTENDANT INJURY DURING NORMAL HIGH ALT CRUISE.

Narrative: AFTER 4 HRS AND 30 MINS OF FLT, FLT ATTENDANT A BUMPED HER HEAD IN THE FIRST CLASS GALLEY. SHE DEVELOPED A LARGE BUMP, WAS NAUSEOUS, AND HAD TROUBLE WITH HER VISION. SUSPECTED POSSIBLE CONCUSSION. CONTACTED DISPATCH VIA ACARS ASKING FOR MEDICAL PERSONNEL TO MEET US UPON ARR. FOLLOWED UP THE CALL TO LHR OPS ON CHANGEOVER. FLT ATTENDANT B ACCOMPANIED FLT ATTENDANT A TO HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.

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.