Cabin attendant report, B767-200, lim-dfw. Ill passenger boarded in lima, heart and mental problem. ...

Attributes
ACN	479639
Time
Date	200007
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
State Reference	FO
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 7
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 2 flight attendant time total : 2 flight attendant time type : 75
ASRS Report	479639
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	observation : passenger
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger illness
Independent Detector	other other : cab #8 (rptr #5)
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed as precaution
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Passenger Human Performance
Primary Problem	Passenger Human Performance

Narrative:

The passenger was too ill to travel, much less on his own. I don't know if he was on medication, or the lack thereof, which caused the heart attack. The passenger's behavior attracted attention, first as he struggled to get to his seat upon boarding, and later as he yelled out in spurts while he slept. The automatic electronic defibrillator unit was used and a diversion to guayaquil, ecuador, was made. Lim ground personnel should have noticed that this man was too ill to travel unaccompanied. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated that the man needed help being boarded, so the #8 flight attendant and the gate agent had to hold him up and carry him to his seat. The reporter thinks that they should have used an aisle chair to board him, because he was so unwieldy. He believed that the man was mentally unbalanced or had tourrette's syndrome. He'd fall asleep, then wake up and yell loudly, doing this routine several times, scaring the people sitting around him. When he started to vomit, the purser paged for a doctor. A female physician on board helped monitor his heart with the automatic electronic defibrillator. The man evidently had a heart attack some time before landing. The paramedics in guayaquil took the man to a hospital. The reporter again emphasized that this man should not have been boarded in lima.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CABIN ATTENDANT RPT, B767-200, LIM-DFW. ILL PAX BOARDED IN LIMA, HEART AND MENTAL PROB. SCARED OTHER PAX, HAD HEART ATTACK, PAX MD INTERVENTION. DIVERT TO GUAYAQUIL. PAX REMOVED.

Narrative: THE PAX WAS TOO ILL TO TRAVEL, MUCH LESS ON HIS OWN. I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS ON MEDICATION, OR THE LACK THEREOF, WHICH CAUSED THE HEART ATTACK. THE PAX'S BEHAVIOR ATTRACTED ATTN, FIRST AS HE STRUGGLED TO GET TO HIS SEAT UPON BOARDING, AND LATER AS HE YELLED OUT IN SPURTS WHILE HE SLEPT. THE AUTOMATIC ELECTRONIC DEFIBRILLATOR UNIT WAS USED AND A DIVERSION TO GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR, WAS MADE. LIM GND PERSONNEL SHOULD HAVE NOTICED THAT THIS MAN WAS TOO ILL TO TRAVEL UNACCOMPANIED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT THE MAN NEEDED HELP BEING BOARDED, SO THE #8 FLT ATTENDANT AND THE GATE AGENT HAD TO HOLD HIM UP AND CARRY HIM TO HIS SEAT. THE RPTR THINKS THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE USED AN AISLE CHAIR TO BOARD HIM, BECAUSE HE WAS SO UNWIELDY. HE BELIEVED THAT THE MAN WAS MENTALLY UNBALANCED OR HAD TOURRETTE'S SYNDROME. HE'D FALL ASLEEP, THEN WAKE UP AND YELL LOUDLY, DOING THIS ROUTINE SEVERAL TIMES, SCARING THE PEOPLE SITTING AROUND HIM. WHEN HE STARTED TO VOMIT, THE PURSER PAGED FOR A DOCTOR. A FEMALE PHYSICIAN ON BOARD HELPED MONITOR HIS HEART WITH THE AUTOMATIC ELECTRONIC DEFIBRILLATOR. THE MAN EVIDENTLY HAD A HEART ATTACK SOME TIME BEFORE LNDG. THE PARAMEDICS IN GUAYAQUIL TOOK THE MAN TO A HOSPITAL. THE RPTR AGAIN EMPHASIZED THAT THIS MAN SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN BOARDED IN LIMA.

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.

Cabin attendant report, B767-200, lim-dfw. Ill passenger boarded in lima, heart and mental problem. Scared other passenger, had heart attack, passenger md intervention. Divert to guayaquil. Passenger removed.