<< >> NASA ASRS Report 512789, June 2001

B737 flight crew declared medical emergency to ATC for expedited handling in descent to destination airport for an ill passenger. Paramedics met aircraft upon landing.

Attributes
ACN	512789
Time
Date	200106
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : fnt.vortac
State Reference	MI
Altitude	msl single value : 28000
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zau.artcc tracon : c90.tracon artcc : zny.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time type : 293
ASRS Report	512789
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger illness
Independent Detector	other other : 3
Resolutory Action	controller : provided flight assist flight crew : declared emergency other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Passenger Human Performance
Primary Problem	Passenger Human Performance

Narrative:

En route yyz-ord at FL280 30 mi southwest fnt VOR, #1 flight attendant reported passenger in xx was having chest pains. Very weak and pale. Passenger was on oxygen and wife gave him a nitroglycerin pill. Declared medical emergency with ATC and receive direct ord. Informed dispatch of condition and coordinated for paramedic to meet and board the flight in ord. On approach to ord runway 27R, flight attendant reported that the passenger was a registered nurse to assist. Landed ord and paramedics took passenger from aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 FLC DECLARED MEDICAL EMER TO ATC FOR EXPEDITED HANDLING IN DSCNT TO DEST ARPT FOR AN ILL PAX. PARAMEDICS MET ACFT UPON LNDG.

Narrative: ENRTE YYZ-ORD AT FL280 30 MI SW FNT VOR, #1 FLT ATTENDANT RPTED PAX IN XX WAS HAVING CHEST PAINS. VERY WEAK AND PALE. PAX WAS ON OXYGEN AND WIFE GAVE HIM A NITROGLYCERIN PILL. DECLARED MEDICAL EMER WITH ATC AND RECEIVE DIRECT ORD. INFORMED DISPATCH OF CONDITION AND COORDINATED FOR PARAMEDIC TO MEET AND BOARD THE FLT IN ORD. ON APCH TO ORD RWY 27R, FLT ATTENDANT RPTED THAT THE PAX WAS A REGISTERED NURSE TO ASSIST. LANDED ORD AND PARAMEDICS TOOK PAX FROM ACFT.

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.