Air ambulance pilot had food poisoning and became ill during patient transport.

Attributes
ACN	560430
Time
Date	200209
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	MBB Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	560430
Person 2
Affiliation	other
Function	observation : passenger
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : diverted to another airport
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

Took off at XA30 to pick up patient in ZZZ1. Landed in ZZZ1 XA58. Departed ZZZ1 XB15. At XB24, pilot had to perform unscheduled landing due to feeling sick to stomach. After landing, pilot proceeded to get violently ill. Patient and pilot transported by ground ambulance to ZZZ2. Factors: pilot ate at hospital cafeteria that am, approximately 6 hours previously. Pilot had no symptoms of illness earlier that day. Food poisoning was the cause as pilot had no ill symptoms shortly after. Prevention: don't eat at hospital cafeterias. Other than that, I cannot think of any other way to prevent further occurrences.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AIR AMBULANCE PLT HAD FOOD POISONING AND BECAME ILL DURING PATIENT TRANSPORT.

Narrative: TOOK OFF AT XA30 TO PICK UP PATIENT IN ZZZ1. LANDED IN ZZZ1 XA58. DEPARTED ZZZ1 XB15. AT XB24, PLT HAD TO PERFORM UNSCHEDULED LNDG DUE TO FEELING SICK TO STOMACH. AFTER LNDG, PLT PROCEEDED TO GET VIOLENTLY ILL. PATIENT AND PLT TRANSPORTED BY GND AMBULANCE TO ZZZ2. FACTORS: PLT ATE AT HOSPITAL CAFETERIA THAT AM, APPROX 6 HRS PREVIOUSLY. PLT HAD NO SYMPTOMS OF ILLNESS EARLIER THAT DAY. FOOD POISONING WAS THE CAUSE AS PLT HAD NO ILL SYMPTOMS SHORTLY AFTER. PREVENTION: DON'T EAT AT HOSPITAL CAFETERIAS. OTHER THAN THAT, I CANNOT THINK OF ANY OTHER WAY TO PREVENT FURTHER OCCURRENCES.

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.