FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING AN S80 FLT ON WHICH A PAX BECAME VERY ILL AND THE FLT DIVERTED. MEDICAL CARE MET THE ACFT.

Date: 1998-12 · Aircraft: MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model

Anomalies: other-unspecified

Synopsis

FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING AN S80 FLT ON WHICH A PAX BECAME VERY ILL AND THE FLT DIVERTED. MEDICAL CARE MET THE ACFT.

Narrative

AS I WAS CLEANING THE AFT GALLEY; I HEARD THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT MAKE A PA FOR A DOCTOR OR NURSE. I LOOKED OUT IN THE AISLE AND THE OTHER FLT ATTENDANTS WERE AROUND THE PAX. I WENT FORWARD AND LED ANOTHER PAX; WHO IDENTED HIMSELF AS A NURSE. THE WOMAN WAS VERY PALE (GRAY) AND APPEARED TO BE LIMP AND ASLEEP. SHE WASN'T RESPONDING; THE NURSE CHKED HER PULSE AND SHE HAD ONE. THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT HAD THE OXYGEN AND THE NURSE GAVE IT TO HER. AT ONE POINT; SHE WAS ABOUT TO VOMIT BUT DIDN'T. ANOTHER PAX; WHO WAS TRAINED AS A NURSE; SUGGESTED WE GET HER LYING DOWN. WE RESEATED 2 PAX AND LAID HER DOWN. SHE WAS IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS. THE #3 FLT ATTENDANT AND THE NURSE REMAINED WITH HER. THE REST OF THE FLT ATTENDANTS AND I GOT THE CABIN READY TO LAND IN ABQ. I HAD TALKED TO THE WOMAN BEFORE DEP AND SHE SEEMED FINE. WE DISCUSSED HER SPECIAL MEAL ORDER (A VEGETARIAN MEAL). WE DIDN'T RECEIVE IT SO I TOLD HER I WOULD SAVE A CEREAL FOR HER. SHE WAS FINE WITH THAT. THE #4 FLT ATTENDANT TALKED WITH HER AS WELL DURING BOARDING AND SAID THE PAX JOKED WITH HER (#4 FLT ATTENDANT). ALTHOUGH THE PAX NEVER LOST A PULSE; WE CHKED TO SEE IF WE HAD AN AED; BUT WE DIDN'T. WE LANDED IN ABQ AND SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND WE HAVEN'T HEARD HOW SHE IS. I BELIEVE SHE WAS DISCOVERED WHEN HER HUSBAND PUSHED HIS CALL LIGHT AND THE #4 FLT ATTENDANT WENT TO SEE THE PROB.

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