AT CRUISE ON BOARD MD80S PAX BECAME ILL AND PARAMEDICS MET ACFT AT DEST.

1998-08 · NASA ASRS report 412656

Date: 1998-08 · Aircraft: MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model

Anomalies: other-unspecified

Synopsis

AT CRUISE ON BOARD MD80S PAX BECAME ILL AND PARAMEDICS MET ACFT AT DEST.

Narrative

I WAS WORKING IN THE BACK GALLEY AS #2 FLT ATTENDANT COUNTING MEALS AND DOING BOARDING PROCS. I DID NOT SEE PAX COME ON BOARD. I WAS INFORMED BEFORE TKOF BY #1 FLT ATTENDANT OF PAX; THAT SHE WAS VERY SICK AND NEEDED TO BE WATCHED AND CHKED THROUGHOUT THE FLT. I TALKED TO THE PAX SEVERAL TIMES; AND HER FRIENDS FLYING WITH HER ABOUT HER NEEDS AND WHAT WE COULD DO FOR HER AND HOW SHE WAS FEELING. PAX DID 'SMILE' AND SAID SHE WAS FINE. I HAD SWITCHED PLACES ON SERVING CART WITH #4 FLT ATTENDANT AND WAS ON THE FORWARD END SERVING BEVERAGES. I HAD SERVED ROW XX AND CHKED ON PAX'S CONDITION. SHE WAS RESTING WITH OPEN EYES AND SMILED. HER COMPANIONS TOOK GINGERALE FOR HER. GOING 2 ROWS UP; A LADY PAX TAPPED ME ON THE SHOULDER AND ASKED ME TO GET THE DOCTOR AND POINTED HIM OUT TO ME AND DESCRIBED HIM; WHAT HE WAS WEARING. I ASKED HER WHY. SHE TOLD ME PAX X HAD PASSED OUT. I LOOKED AT PAX X WHO WAS BREATHING AND TOLD #4 FLT ATTENDANT. SHE TOLD THE DOCTOR AND CALLED ON THE PHONE #1 FLT ATTENDANT. I STAYED WITH THE DOCTOR AND PAX. THE DOCTOR TOLD ME TO GET THE FIRST AID KIT. #1 FLT ATTENDANT WAS WITH ME; I GOT THE KIT AND #1 FLT ATTENDANT GOT THE OXYGEN. THE DOCTOR USED INHALANT (AMMONIA) AND HE PUT THE OXYGEN WITH MASK ON HER. #1 FLT ATTENDANT HAD INFORMED THE CAPT. WE THEN WERE TOLD TO PREPARE FOR LNDG. WE LANDED IN ATL. EMT'S MET US AT THE GATE AND CAME ON AND TOOK THE PAX OFF. BEFORE LEAVING ON THE BUS TO THE HOTEL; THE CAPT AND FO CHKED ON THE PAX AFTER SHE WAS OFF THE PLANE; AND TALKED TO THE EMT'S TO SEE HOW SHE WAS DOING. SHE WAS GOING TO BE OK. WE RPTED THE INCIDENT TO THE COMPANY AND ALL FLT ATTENDANTS WROTE UP RPTS AND TURNED THEM IN THE NEXT DAY AT THE ARPT.

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

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