Medical emergency declared for ill passenger after inbound B734 flight is given a hold at pye by ZOA...

Attributes
ACN	612308
Time
Date	200403
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : pye.vortac
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 31000 msl bound upper : 33000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zoa.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-400
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other vortac
Flight Phase	cruise : holding
Route In Use	arrival : holding pattern
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
ASRS Report	612308
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
ASRS Report	612700
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger illness inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : 4 f/a
Resolutory Action	controller : provided flight assist flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather Airspace Structure Passenger Human Performance ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	Passenger Human Performance

Narrative:

Flight to sfo. I was notified that we had a female passenger placed on oxygen, complaining of chest pains. She thought the oxygen was helping and had a history of angina. Requested an ambulance upon arrival. I coordinated the ambulance and notified the station and dispatch. We were then given holding at pye with an efc of 1 hour. I asked the 'a' flight attendant to coordinate with the passenger as to whether that would be ok. She then said it wouldn't work and she needed to go to the hospital. We were in the descent at that time. I declared an emergency and made an uneventful landing at sfo. Paramedics met the airplane. Passenger taken to hospital.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MEDICAL EMER DECLARED FOR ILL PAX AFTER INBOUND B734 FLT IS GIVEN A HOLD AT PYE BY ZOA, CA.

Narrative: FLT TO SFO. I WAS NOTIFIED THAT WE HAD A FEMALE PAX PLACED ON OXYGEN, COMPLAINING OF CHEST PAINS. SHE THOUGHT THE OXYGEN WAS HELPING AND HAD A HISTORY OF ANGINA. REQUESTED AN AMBULANCE UPON ARR. I COORDINATED THE AMBULANCE AND NOTIFIED THE STATION AND DISPATCH. WE WERE THEN GIVEN HOLDING AT PYE WITH AN EFC OF 1 HR. I ASKED THE 'A' FLT ATTENDANT TO COORDINATE WITH THE PAX AS TO WHETHER THAT WOULD BE OK. SHE THEN SAID IT WOULDN'T WORK AND SHE NEEDED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. WE WERE IN THE DSCNT AT THAT TIME. I DECLARED AN EMER AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG AT SFO. PARAMEDICS MET THE AIRPLANE. PAX TAKEN 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.

Medical emergency declared for ill passenger after inbound B734 flight is given a hold at pye by ZOA, ca.