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Pilot report, A320. Passenger had heart attack. Emergency declared. Passenger paramedics intervened. Straight to phx. Captain exercised emergency authority/authorized to exceed 250 KIAS below 10000 ft. Cpr given. Passenger taken to hospital.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 482432 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200008 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : gup.airport |
| State Reference | NM |
| Altitude | msl single value : 35000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 300 |
| ASRS Report | 482432 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event : passenger illness other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Passenger Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Passenger Human Performance |
Narrative:
A passenger on board had a heart attack. He was unconscious with no pulse. We declared an emergency and received expedited clearance to phx. Paramedics aboard performed cpr and were ready to defibrillate to revive passenger. Captain exercised emergency authority/authorized to exceed 250 KIAS below 10000 ft. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated that the flight was from minneapolis to phx, so when the heart attack happened they were close enough to continue to their destination, instead of diverting to gallup, NM. The flight attendants paged for a doctor, nurse or paramedic, and 2 certified paramedic passenger responded. When they landed, the paramedics sat the man straight up for landing and sat on either side of him. After landing in phx, the captain had the passenger stay seated until the paramedics could load the man into the ambulance to go to a hospital.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT RPT, A320. PAX HAD HEART ATTACK. EMER DECLARED. PAX PARAMEDICS INTERVENED. STRAIGHT TO PHX. CAPT EXERCISED EMER AUTH TO EXCEED 250 KIAS BELOW 10000 FT. CPR GIVEN. PAX TAKEN TO HOSPITAL.
Narrative: A PAX ON BOARD HAD A HEART ATTACK. HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS WITH NO PULSE. WE DECLARED AN EMER AND RECEIVED EXPEDITED CLRNC TO PHX. PARAMEDICS ABOARD PERFORMED CPR AND WERE READY TO DEFIBRILLATE TO REVIVE PAX. CAPT EXERCISED EMER AUTH TO EXCEED 250 KIAS BELOW 10000 FT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT THE FLT WAS FROM MINNEAPOLIS TO PHX, SO WHEN THE HEART ATTACK HAPPENED THEY WERE CLOSE ENOUGH TO CONTINUE TO THEIR DEST, INSTEAD OF DIVERTING TO GALLUP, NM. THE FLT ATTENDANTS PAGED FOR A DOCTOR, NURSE OR PARAMEDIC, AND 2 CERTIFIED PARAMEDIC PAX RESPONDED. WHEN THEY LANDED, THE PARAMEDICS SAT THE MAN STRAIGHT UP FOR LNDG AND SAT ON EITHER SIDE OF HIM. AFTER LNDG IN PHX, THE CAPT HAD THE PAX STAY SEATED UNTIL THE PARAMEDICS COULD LOAD THE MAN INTO THE AMBULANCE TO GO TO A HOSPITAL.
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.