Cabin attendant report, B767-300, ord-bhx. Woman had severe allergy attack from peanut dust in air. ...

Attributes
ACN	487013
Time
Date	200008
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : czqm.artcc
State Reference	NB
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : czqm.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
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 : 6
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 18 flight attendant time total : 18 flight attendant time type : 0.16
ASRS Report	487013
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 6
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 20 flight attendant time total : 20 flight attendant time type : 100
ASRS Report	486701
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger illness cabin event other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : cab #1
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : diverted to another airport other
Consequence	other other Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Passenger Human Performance
Primary Problem	Passenger Human Performance

Narrative:

A passenger had an allergic reaction to peanut 'dust' in the cabin. The passenger took a dose of her own epinephrine, but recirculated air caused another reaction and there wasn't a qualified person onboard to administer epinephrine. The plane landed and medical personnel took the passenger off the airplane. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated that the epinephrine that could have been given to the woman was in the medical kit, but no qualified person (doctor, nurse) was onboard to open the kit and give it to her. The pilots diverted the plane immediately to cyqm, without dumping fuel. They landed heavy and blew quite a few tires on landing. The paramedics said that making the decision to land immediately probably saved her life. The passenger and crew had to wait around 3 hours for another plane to be brought in, but the woman stayed there at a local hospital. Supplemental information from acn 486071: the only medical person onboard was a british emt. She could do nothing to help her either. I had already put her on our oxygen. The other airway was closing off fast. The emt's that came on gave her another shot of epinephrine and also put her on air. They said the recirculated cabin air was keeping her from breathing. Our aircraft has epinephrine onboard, but cannot be given by an emt. We landed and she was taken off, then the tires blew (4) and we had to get all passenger off the aircraft and away from it. This was told to us by the captain and a firefighter. I also told the airline to get rid of the peanuts and go to another snack item.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CABIN ATTENDANT RPT, B767-300, ORD-BHX. WOMAN HAD SEVERE ALLERGY ATTACK FROM PEANUT DUST IN AIR. MEDICAL EMER, DIVERT CYQM, TIRES BLOWN ON LNDG.

Narrative: A PAX HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO PEANUT 'DUST' IN THE CABIN. THE PAX TOOK A DOSE OF HER OWN EPINEPHRINE, BUT RECIRCULATED AIR CAUSED ANOTHER REACTION AND THERE WASN'T A QUALIFIED PERSON ONBOARD TO ADMINISTER EPINEPHRINE. THE PLANE LANDED AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL TOOK THE PAX OFF THE AIRPLANE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT THE EPINEPHRINE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THE WOMAN WAS IN THE MEDICAL KIT, BUT NO QUALIFIED PERSON (DOCTOR, NURSE) WAS ONBOARD TO OPEN THE KIT AND GIVE IT TO HER. THE PLTS DIVERTED THE PLANE IMMEDIATELY TO CYQM, WITHOUT DUMPING FUEL. THEY LANDED HVY AND BLEW QUITE A FEW TIRES ON LNDG. THE PARAMEDICS SAID THAT MAKING THE DECISION TO LAND IMMEDIATELY PROBABLY SAVED HER LIFE. THE PAX AND CREW HAD TO WAIT AROUND 3 HRS FOR ANOTHER PLANE TO BE BROUGHT IN, BUT THE WOMAN STAYED THERE AT A LCL HOSPITAL. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 486071: THE ONLY MEDICAL PERSON ONBOARD WAS A BRITISH EMT. SHE COULD DO NOTHING TO HELP HER EITHER. I HAD ALREADY PUT HER ON OUR OXYGEN. THE OTHER AIRWAY WAS CLOSING OFF FAST. THE EMT'S THAT CAME ON GAVE HER ANOTHER SHOT OF EPINEPHRINE AND ALSO PUT HER ON AIR. THEY SAID THE RECIRCULATED CABIN AIR WAS KEEPING HER FROM BREATHING. OUR ACFT HAS EPINEPHRINE ONBOARD, BUT CANNOT BE GIVEN BY AN EMT. WE LANDED AND SHE WAS TAKEN OFF, THEN THE TIRES BLEW (4) AND WE HAD TO GET ALL PAX OFF THE ACFT AND AWAY FROM IT. THIS WAS TOLD TO US BY THE CAPT AND A FIREFIGHTER. I ALSO TOLD THE AIRLINE TO GET RID OF THE PEANUTS AND GO TO ANOTHER SNACK ITEM.

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, B767-300, ord-bhx. Woman had severe allergy attack from peanut dust in air. Medical emergency, divert cyqm, tires blown on landing.