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Flight crew of A320 has ill passenger with heart problems. 2 doctors onboard indicate a landing is necessary. Overweight landing made.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 384130 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199710 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : sgf |
| State Reference | MO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 31000 msl bound upper : 31000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zkc tower : cle |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 600 |
| ASRS Report | 384130 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Ill passenger, history of heart trouble, on nitroglycerin, possible heart attack (shortness of breath and chest pain). 2 doctors on board recommended landing. Neither could hear heart with stethoscope provided in emergency medical kit. Also, unable to get blood pressure. Made overweight landing at mci. Deplaned passenger, who was conscious. Declared emergency for diversion and overweight landing. Took about 20 mins to get passenger to gate after initial problem. Emergency medical kit needs more drugs and better equipment. (We don't even carry aspirin, tylenol has replaced it.) if passenger had arrested, our only choice would have been cpr. Defibrillation equipment would have been very helpful (both for ekg and defibrillation if necessary).
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A320 HAS ILL PAX WITH HEART PROBS. 2 DOCTORS ONBOARD INDICATE A LNDG IS NECESSARY. OVERWT LNDG MADE.
Narrative: ILL PAX, HISTORY OF HEART TROUBLE, ON NITROGLYCERIN, POSSIBLE HEART ATTACK (SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND CHEST PAIN). 2 DOCTORS ON BOARD RECOMMENDED LNDG. NEITHER COULD HEAR HEART WITH STETHOSCOPE PROVIDED IN EMER MEDICAL KIT. ALSO, UNABLE TO GET BLOOD PRESSURE. MADE OVERWT LNDG AT MCI. DEPLANED PAX, WHO WAS CONSCIOUS. DECLARED EMER FOR DIVERSION AND OVERWT LNDG. TOOK ABOUT 20 MINS TO GET PAX TO GATE AFTER INITIAL PROB. EMER MEDICAL KIT NEEDS MORE DRUGS AND BETTER EQUIP. (WE DON'T EVEN CARRY ASPIRIN, TYLENOL HAS REPLACED IT.) IF PAX HAD ARRESTED, OUR ONLY CHOICE WOULD HAVE BEEN CPR. DEFIBRILLATION EQUIP WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL (BOTH FOR EKG AND DEFIBRILLATION IF NECESSARY).
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.