FLC INCAPACITATION DURING DSCNT.
Synopsis
FLC INCAPACITATION DURING DSCNT.
Narrative
I WAS PRESCRIBED A MEDICATION. I SPECIFICALLY ASKED THE NURSE WHAT IT WAS. (NEVER TALKED TO THE DOCTOR.) SHE (NURSE) TOLD ME IT WAS XYZ MEDICATION. I TOOK 1 PILL FRIDAY MORNING AT XA00 AM. WHILE INFLT; I BECAME NAUSEATED; I TOLD THE CAPT I WAS NOT FEELING WELL AND IT WAS HIS AIRPLANE. HE TOOK THE AIRPLANE AND ASKED ME IF I WAS OK. I SAID 'NO' AND PASSED OUT FOR 1-2 MINS. THE CAPT DECLARED AN EMER AND THEN CHANGED IT TO PRIORITY HANDLING AFTER I CAME TO AND WAS OK. I WAS STILL NAUSEATED AND FEELING WEAK. HE ASKED ME IF I NEEDED AN AMBULANCE AND I SAID YES. THE DOCTORS FEEL THAT IT WAS A REACTION TO THE MEDICATION AND ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING TESTS TO MAKE SURE IT WAS ONLY THE MEDICATION. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT SHE CONTINUED TO FULLY RECOVER AND SAID THAT THE MEDICATION SHE TOOK WAS TO HELP NEW MOTHERS WHO DO NOT WANT TO BREAST FEED. SHE IMMEDIATELY STOPPED USING THE MEDICATION AND WAS GIVEN A STRESS TEST FOR HER HEART WHICH CHKED OUT OK. SHE WAS CLRED FOR RETURN TO DUTY ON THE SAAB 340B.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.