CAB BECOMES VERY ILL IN FLT. PAX LOCKED IN LAVATORY. VECTORS TO EXPEDITE APCH. AMBULANCE CALLED.
Synopsis
CAB BECOMES VERY ILL IN FLT. PAX LOCKED IN LAVATORY. VECTORS TO EXPEDITE APCH. AMBULANCE CALLED.
Narrative
FLT ATTENDANT X ENTERED THE COCKPIT TO SAY THAT A PAX WAS LOCKED IN THE LAVATORY AND LAVATORY COULD NOT BE OPENED FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. I SENT HER BACK WITH A SCREWDRIVER TO GIVE TO MALE FLT ATTENDANT Y. IN APPROX 1 MIN SHE RETURNED TO SAY FLT ATTENDANT Y WAS ON THE AFT FLT ATTENDANT JUMPSEAT WITH SEVERE ABDOMINAL PAIN. EXTRA FLT ATTENDANT Z; WHO WAS HELPING FLT ATTENDANT Y; THEN CAME UP AND STRESSED SEVERITY OF PAIN; AND THAT SHE AND A PAX WHO WAS AN ANESTHETIST RECOMMENDED WE CALL AN AMBULANCE. I REQUESTED APCH CTLR CALL AN AMBULANCE. GOT A VECTOR FOR TIME TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM. AS I RECALL; I TOLD APCH CTL WE HAD AN EMER WITH A FLT ATTENDANT. I DID NOT DECLARE AN EMER. I DIRECTED FO TO CONTINUE TO FLY THE ACFT WHILE I WENT BACK TO OPEN THE LAVATORY DOOR AND CHK ON FLT ATTENDANT. I MADE THIS ELECTION IN ORDER TO EXPEDITE ANY DECISIONS THAT MAY BE NECESSARY IN CABIN. I ASKED EXTRA FLT ATTENDANT Z TO REMAIN IN THE COCKPIT TO ASSIST THE FO UNTIL I RETURNED. WHEN I GOT TO THE LAVATORY AREA/AFT JUMPSEAT AREA; THE LAVATORY WAS OPEN AND PAX; WHO WAS THE ANESTHETIST; WAS CARING FOR FLT ATTENDANT Y. I IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO COCKPIT WE WERE VECTORED BACK TO LAND. THE AMBULANCE MET THE FLT AND REMOVED THE FLT ATTENDANT Y BEFORE ANY PAX WERE DEPLANED. I HAD FLT ATTENDANT X ACCOMPANY FLT ATTENDANT Y IN AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL. I THEN CALLED DISPATCH AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I THEN CALLED CREW COORDINATOR AND ADVISED THEM OF SITUATION SAYING THAT I DID NOT EXPECT FLT ATTENDANT Y WOULD BE ABLE TO WORK NEXT DAY AND THAT I DID NOT HAVE A DIAGNOSIS. WE THEN WENT TO MOTEL AND PREPARED NOTES FOR ADDITIONAL RPTS. I CALLED HOSPITAL (ST. LUKES IN FARGO; ND) AND FLT ATTENDANT X SAID FLT ATTENDANT Y WAS OK. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A SPASTIC COLON. HE WAS DISCHARGED AND RETURNED TO MOTEL SHORTLY THEREAFTER. HE SAID HE PLANNED TO CONTINUE TO WORK THE TRIP. I HAD HIM CALL CREW COORDINATOR. I ADVISED THE REMAINING PERSONS/AGENCIES AS PER FLT OPS MANUAL.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.