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The crew of a B757 was astonished to find that the child passenger for whom they had declared a medical emergency with ATC had just walked off the flight with his parents declining paramedic intervention at ewr, nj.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 503200 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200103 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ewr.airport |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dtw.tower |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 503200 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event : passenger illness non adherence : far other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : provided flight assist flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Passenger Human Performance Cabin Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Passenger Human Performance |
Narrative:
Medical emergency en route. Flight attendant informed captain of 4 yr old boy experiencing severe allergic reaction after eating a cookie. 2 physicians were found on board and immediately attended the child. Captain declared medical emergency with ATC and was given priority handling over abe and direct navigation to ewr, runway 4R. Captain advised dispatch. Captain spoke with dr X (attending physician) via interphone. The doctor was confident that the child would be ok. Crew coordination was excellent as first officer flew aircraft and purser kept captain fully informed of current condition in the cabin. ATC was very helpful with direct clearance to an expedited arrival without speed or altitude restrs. Flying of the aircraft was expertly handled by first officer while captain coordinated cabin and dispatch responsibilities. Upon gate arrival, parents of ill child declined paramedic intervention as child was seen walking off aircraft without problem. Flight attendant report filed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: THE CREW OF A B757 WAS ASTONISHED TO FIND THAT THE CHILD PAX FOR WHOM THEY HAD DECLARED A MEDICAL EMER WITH ATC HAD JUST WALKED OFF THE FLT WITH HIS PARENTS DECLINING PARAMEDIC INTERVENTION AT EWR, NJ.
Narrative: MEDICAL EMER ENRTE. FLT ATTENDANT INFORMED CAPT OF 4 YR OLD BOY EXPERIENCING SEVERE ALLERGIC REACTION AFTER EATING A COOKIE. 2 PHYSICIANS WERE FOUND ON BOARD AND IMMEDIATELY ATTENDED THE CHILD. CAPT DECLARED MEDICAL EMER WITH ATC AND WAS GIVEN PRIORITY HANDLING OVER ABE AND DIRECT NAV TO EWR, RWY 4R. CAPT ADVISED DISPATCH. CAPT SPOKE WITH DR X (ATTENDING PHYSICIAN) VIA INTERPHONE. THE DOCTOR WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE CHILD WOULD BE OK. CREW COORD WAS EXCELLENT AS FO FLEW ACFT AND PURSER KEPT CAPT FULLY INFORMED OF CURRENT CONDITION IN THE CABIN. ATC WAS VERY HELPFUL WITH DIRECT CLRNC TO AN EXPEDITED ARR WITHOUT SPD OR ALT RESTRS. FLYING OF THE ACFT WAS EXPERTLY HANDLED BY FO WHILE CAPT COORDINATED CABIN AND DISPATCH RESPONSIBILITIES. UPON GATE ARR, PARENTS OF ILL CHILD DECLINED PARAMEDIC INTERVENTION AS CHILD WAS SEEN WALKING OFF ACFT WITHOUT PROB. FLT ATTENDANT RPT FILED.
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.