Use of medication and alcohol served on board result in a passenger incapacitation.

Attributes
ACN	548067
Time
Date	200205
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zzz.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Route In Use	enroute : atlantic
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 4
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 15 flight attendant time total : 15 flight attendant time type : 25
ASRS Report	548067
Person 2
Affiliation	other
Function	observation : passenger other personnel other
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger illness other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Airport Company Passenger Human Performance
Primary Problem	Passenger Human Performance

Narrative:

Passenger mixed alcohol with zoloft, xanex and trazadone and developed central hypoxia. Couldn't breath, in and out of consciousness, said her chest hurt, so we monitored heart beat with aed defribillator. Situation lasted 1 1/2 hours until we landed in sju, where we then waited 45 mins for paramedics to show up. Woman had been severely depressed. I had no way of knowing she was so medicated and should not be drinking at all. Crew was wonderful and effective because of our training and great assistance by 2 medical students.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: USE OF MEDICATION AND ALCOHOL SERVED ON BOARD RESULT IN A PAX INCAPACITATION.

Narrative: PAX MIXED ALCOHOL WITH ZOLOFT, XANEX AND TRAZADONE AND DEVELOPED CENTRAL HYPOXIA. COULDN'T BREATH, IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS, SAID HER CHEST HURT, SO WE MONITORED HEART BEAT WITH AED DEFRIBILLATOR. SIT LASTED 1 1/2 HRS UNTIL WE LANDED IN SJU, WHERE WE THEN WAITED 45 MINS FOR PARAMEDICS TO SHOW UP. WOMAN HAD BEEN SEVERELY DEPRESSED. I HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING SHE WAS SO MEDICATED AND SHOULD NOT BE DRINKING AT ALL. CREW WAS WONDERFUL AND EFFECTIVE BECAUSE OF OUR TRAINING AND GREAT ASSISTANCE BY 2 MEDICAL STUDENTS.

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.