B767-300H flight crew diverted to land en route for a passenger medical emergency.

Attributes
ACN	540393
Time
Date	200203
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw.airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zfw.artcc tower : lga.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 7
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 30 flight attendant time total : 30
ASRS Report	540393
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger illness
Independent Detector	other other : 1
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Passenger Human Performance
Primary Problem	Passenger Human Performance

Narrative:

Passenger had a seizure which normally would not cause alarm, but passenger was partially paralyzed on l-hand side due to previous carotoid artery surgery. Medical felt that passenger should be taken off and checked, so we air interrupted lax. 4 doctors, 3 nurses, 1 emt assisted. Passenger was on high blood pressure medication. Passenger walked off the plane in lax with full color restored.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767-300H FLC DIVERTED TO LAND ENRTE FOR A PAX MEDICAL EMER.

Narrative: PAX HAD A SEIZURE WHICH NORMALLY WOULD NOT CAUSE ALARM, BUT PAX WAS PARTIALLY PARALYZED ON L-HAND SIDE DUE TO PREVIOUS CAROTOID ARTERY SURGERY. MEDICAL FELT THAT PAX SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF AND CHKED, SO WE AIR INTERRUPTED LAX. 4 DOCTORS, 3 NURSES, 1 EMT ASSISTED. PAX WAS ON HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATION. PAX WALKED OFF THE PLANE IN LAX WITH FULL COLOR RESTORED.

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.