A B727 crew diverted to gso due to a medical emergency.

Attributes
ACN	520961
Time
Date	200108
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : ztl.artcc
State Reference	GA
Altitude	msl single value : 33000
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : ztl.artcc tower : mci.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time type : 1041
ASRS Report	520961
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger illness
Independent Detector	other other : 4 f/a
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Passenger Human Performance
Primary Problem	Passenger Human Performance

Narrative:

Diversion to gso due to medical emergency. At approximately XA18Z, flight attendant notified us of passenger seated in xx having seizure. Asked flight attendant to make PA for doctor on board. Contacted dispatch with medical, call me. Phone patched to dispatch. Flight attendant information'ed me that registered nurse on board and checking vital signs passenger unconscious. Air carrier X doctor asked for information. Passenger was seizing and regaining consciousness. Passenger on oxygen. Would not let nurse administer assistance. Spouse of passenger called their doctor. Sent flight engineer to speak to passenger spouse as 'pr' request. We were informed that passenger (doctor) was going to hospital in washington area. She had suffered spinal damage and had been put on medication prior to departing mco. Flight engineer evaluated situation best to do divert,. At this time we were 79 NM west of gso. Notified dispatch of decision at XA59Z, diverted to gso per dispatch. Frequency was sporadic and we could not continue voice communication. Most information gotten by ACARS. Paramedics were requested to meet flight. The medical emergency passenger was incoherent and convulsing, therefore, reason for diversion. Uneventful approach and landing. Paramedics met flight and removed passenger and spouse to hospital.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B727 CREW DIVERTED TO GSO DUE TO A MEDICAL EMER.

Narrative: DIVERSION TO GSO DUE TO MEDICAL EMER. AT APPROX XA18Z, FLT ATTENDANT NOTIFIED US OF PAX SEATED IN XX HAVING SEIZURE. ASKED FLT ATTENDANT TO MAKE PA FOR DOCTOR ON BOARD. CONTACTED DISPATCH WITH MEDICAL, CALL ME. PHONE PATCHED TO DISPATCH. FLT ATTENDANT INFO'ED ME THAT REGISTERED NURSE ON BOARD AND CHKING VITAL SIGNS PAX UNCONSCIOUS. ACR X DOCTOR ASKED FOR INFO. PAX WAS SEIZING AND REGAINING CONSCIOUSNESS. PAX ON OXYGEN. WOULD NOT LET NURSE ADMINISTER ASSISTANCE. SPOUSE OF PAX CALLED THEIR DOCTOR. SENT FE TO SPEAK TO PAX SPOUSE AS 'PR' REQUEST. WE WERE INFORMED THAT PAX (DOCTOR) WAS GOING TO HOSPITAL IN WASHINGTON AREA. SHE HAD SUFFERED SPINAL DAMAGE AND HAD BEEN PUT ON MEDICATION PRIOR TO DEPARTING MCO. FE EVALUATED SIT BEST TO DO DIVERT,. AT THIS TIME WE WERE 79 NM W OF GSO. NOTIFIED DISPATCH OF DECISION AT XA59Z, DIVERTED TO GSO PER DISPATCH. FREQ WAS SPORADIC AND WE COULD NOT CONTINUE VOICE COM. MOST INFO GOTTEN BY ACARS. PARAMEDICS WERE REQUESTED TO MEET FLT. THE MEDICAL EMER PAX WAS INCOHERENT AND CONVULSING, THEREFORE, REASON FOR DIVERSION. UNEVENTFUL APCH AND LNDG. PARAMEDICS MET FLT AND REMOVED PAX AND SPOUSE TO 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.