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Flight attendant report regarding a medical emergency on board an S80. Doctors on board indicated immediate medical attention was necessary and aircraft diverted.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 427587 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199901 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ama |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Flight Phase | cruise other landing other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 427587 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Elderly woman showed signs of heart attack (nausea, pain in chest, pale, sweating). Paged for doctor -- 2 responded. A doctor administered oxygen and nitroglycerin. Plane landed in amarillo while en route from dfw to sea. She was airlifted from there to hospital and was found to be in stable condition the following day. No recommendations for procedural changes as everything operated smoothly.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING A MEDICAL EMER ON BOARD AN S80. DOCTORS ON BOARD INDICATED IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTN WAS NECESSARY AND ACFT DIVERTED.
Narrative: ELDERLY WOMAN SHOWED SIGNS OF HEART ATTACK (NAUSEA, PAIN IN CHEST, PALE, SWEATING). PAGED FOR DOCTOR -- 2 RESPONDED. A DOCTOR ADMINISTERED OXYGEN AND NITROGLYCERIN. PLANE LANDED IN AMARILLO WHILE ENRTE FROM DFW TO SEA. SHE WAS AIRLIFTED FROM THERE TO HOSPITAL AND WAS FOUND TO BE IN STABLE CONDITION THE FOLLOWING DAY. NO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROCEDURAL CHANGES AS EVERYTHING OPERATED SMOOTHLY.
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.