FLT ATTENDANT RPT ON ILL PAX ON B757; SAN-BOS. DIVERT TO MSP.
Synopsis
FLT ATTENDANT RPT ON ILL PAX ON B757; SAN-BOS. DIVERT TO MSP.
Narrative
THE OTHER FIRST CLASS FLT ATTENDANT AND MYSELF WERE SEATED AT THE FORWARD PART OF THE FIRST CLASS CABIN DUE TO MEDIUM CHOPPY AIR. SUDDENLY A FLT ATTENDANT WALKED UP FROM THE BACK OF COACH. SHE WAS GOING TO TELL THE COCKPIT THAT A PAX WAS HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING; BUT THEN ASKED THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT TO DO THAT; WHILE SHE GRABBED THE HEART DEFIBRILLATOR WE KEEP ON BOARD; IN ORDER TO MONITOR THE MAN WHO WAS HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING. THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT ADVISED THE CAPT AND WE BOTH WENT TO THE BACK OF COACH CLASS TO HELP. WHEN WE GOT BACK TO COACH; THE MAN HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING AND WAS IN THE BATHROOM VOMITING AND HAVING DIARRHEA. MEANWHILE; A PHYSICIAN HAD BEEN PAGED. 2 RESPIROLOGISTS CAME TO THE BACK OF THE PLANE TO HELP OUT. THE OTHER COACH FLT ATTENDANT ASKED IF THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT AND I COULD GET THE MEDICAL KIT FROM UP FRONT COCKPIT. WE DID THAT AND THEN THE INITIAL COACH FLT ATTENDANT ASKED THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT AND I TO GO BACK UP TO FIRST CLASS; BECAUSE THERE WERE TOO MANY BODIES BACK THERE. WE SAID 'SURE' AND ASKED TO BE ALERTED IF THEY NEEDED HELP. THE CAPT HAD CONTACT WITH THE COACH FLT ATTENDANTS DURING THE NEXT APPROX 20 MINS AND DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND LAND IN MINNEAPOLIS; BECAUSE THE MAN'S CONDITION WASN'T IMPROVING. BY THIS TIME; HE WAS OUT OF THE BATHROOM AND TAKING OXYGEN WHILE SEATED IN THE LAST ROW OF COACH. WE LANDED IN MINNEAPOLIS AND FROM THERE THE PARAMEDICS AT THE ARPT TOOK OVER.
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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.