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Flight attendant report regarding an ill passenger. He had a seizure though not epileptic. Medical assistance on board was issued and paramedics met the flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 432088 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199903 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zdc.artcc |
| State Reference | DC |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zdc.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | oversight : flight attendant in charge |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty observation : passenger |
| Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 7.5 flight attendant time total : 7.5 flight attendant time type : 20 |
| ASRS Report | 732088 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event : passenger illness |
| Independent Detector | other other : cab |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
Passenger suddenly had a seizure. Passenger not epileptic. Male passenger, 55 yrs old, was very pale. Medical assistance was requested. Aed was used to monitor heart rate which was normal. Blood pressure was low so water was given. After passenger drank a salty beverage, his blood pressure returned to normal. Prior to flight, passenger had been ill with a fever for some time. Flight was met by paramedics, who subsequently released passenger for his connecting flight to the bahamas.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING AN ILL PAX. HE HAD A SEIZURE THOUGH NOT EPILEPTIC. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ON BOARD WAS ISSUED AND PARAMEDICS MET THE FLT.
Narrative: PAX SUDDENLY HAD A SEIZURE. PAX NOT EPILEPTIC. MALE PAX, 55 YRS OLD, WAS VERY PALE. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE WAS REQUESTED. AED WAS USED TO MONITOR HEART RATE WHICH WAS NORMAL. BLOOD PRESSURE WAS LOW SO WATER WAS GIVEN. AFTER PAX DRANK A SALTY BEVERAGE, HIS BLOOD PRESSURE RETURNED TO NORMAL. PRIOR TO FLT, PAX HAD BEEN ILL WITH A FEVER FOR SOME TIME. FLT WAS MET BY PARAMEDICS, WHO SUBSEQUENTLY RELEASED PAX FOR HIS CONNECTING FLT TO THE BAHAMAS.
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.