ON CLB; ONBOARD B767-300; PAX FOUND UNCONSCIOUS AND HAVING SEIZURES; FLC RECEIVED DIRECT ROUTING INTO ARPT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. PARAMEDICS MET ACFT AT DEST.

1998-07 · NASA ASRS report 410182

Date: 1998-07 · Aircraft: B767-300 and 300 ER · Phase: climb

Anomalies: other-unspecified

Synopsis

ON CLB; ONBOARD B767-300; PAX FOUND UNCONSCIOUS AND HAVING SEIZURES; FLC RECEIVED DIRECT ROUTING INTO ARPT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. PARAMEDICS MET ACFT AT DEST.

Narrative

17 YR OLD MALE PAX TRAVELING WITH 14 YR OLD SISTER FROM ST LUCIA FOUND SLUMPED OVER SEAT AT CLBOUT BY #3 FLT ATTENDANT. UNCONSCIOUS BUT BREATHING. OXYGEN ADMINISTERED; CAPT INFORMED; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE OBTAINED. EMT MONITORED VITAL SIGNS WHICH WERE STABLE. PAX REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS WITHIN 20 MINS; WAS ABLE TO SIT COMFORTABLY IN PAX SEAT WITHIN HR. WAS ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ASKED BY #1 FLT ATTENDANT; NAME; ADDRESS; MEDICAL HISTORY. NO SIGNIFICANT PAST MEDICAL HISTORY. ON MEDICATION FOR ACNE. MEDICATION LABEL WAS NOT LEGIBLE ON VIAL. SISTER RPTED HE HAD 2 PREVIOUS SPELLS LIKE THIS ONE AT HOME BUT NO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE WAS EVER SOUGHT. PAX CAME AROUND ON HIS OWN AT HOME; AND HAS NOT SEEN A DOCTOR FOR THESE PREVIOUS INCIDENTS. PAX CONTINUALLY MONITORED BY FLT ATTENDANTS. AT APPROX XA00 PAX INFORMED FLT ATTENDANT THAT HE WANTED TO LAY DOWN. PAX WAS RELOCATED TO LAST ROW OF CABIN. ABOUT 10 MINS AFTER HE LAID DOWN #1 AND #3 FLT ATTENDANTS OBSERVED APPARENT SEIZURE. PAX BECAME STIFF AND SHAKING. PAX WAS PADDED WITH PILLOWS SO HE WOULD NOT INJURE HIMSELF. CAPT INFORMED. EMT AGAIN BEGAN TO MONITOR VITAL SIGNS. CLRNC WAS ARRANGED SO WE CAN FLY DIRECTLY INTO KENNEDY. WE LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENCE. PAX'S PULSE WAS STRONG THROUGHOUT. PARAMEDICS MET PLANE. BOARDED BY RAMP STAND; AFT DOOR OF ACFT LEFT. PAX IS CONSCIOUS; REMOVED AND TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION. FLT ATTENDANTS REACTED AS TRAINED. ALL PROCS FOLLOWED. PAX AND CREW REMAINED CALM. SVC WAS MAINTAINED. PERCEPTION; JUDGEMENTS; DECISIONS WERE APPROPRIATE. ONLY NEGATIVE FACTOR WAS EMT COULD NOT GET THE BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF TO WORK. IT WAS WRITTEN UP AS INOP.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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