FLC OF A B757 DIVERTED TO LAND DUE TO PAX ILLNESS.

Date: 1999-10 · Aircraft: B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model · Phase: cruise

Anomalies: flight-deck-cabin-aircraft-event-illness-injury

Synopsis

FLC OF A B757 DIVERTED TO LAND DUE TO PAX ILLNESS.

Narrative

LOCATION: EVENTS OCCURRED BTWN THE VICINITY OF LAMONI VOR AND SALINA VOR. IN THE VICINITY OF LMN VOR; #1 FLT ATTENDANT INFORMED THE FLT DECK CREW OF A PAX SEATED IN XX THAT WAS NON RESPONSIVE AND INCOHERENT. AN ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE REQUESTING A PHYSICIAN AND THERE WAS NONE ON BOARD. HOWEVER; AN EMT AND A NURSE WERE ON BOARD AND TOOK THE PAX'S BLOOD PRESSURE AND ADMINISTERED OXYGEN. CONCURRENTLY; I MADE CONTACT WITH MEDICAL AND DOCTOR ON DUTY WAS APPRISED OF THE SIT. THE NURSE AND THE EMT INFORMED ME THAT THE PAX HAD HAD A SEIZURE AND FELT THAT THE PAX WOULD BENEFIT FROM EMER MEDICAL TREATMENT. THE DOCTOR ALSO CONCURRED THAT THE PAX MIGHT BE IN NEED OF MEDICAL TREATMENT. A DECISION WAS MADE TO DIVERT TO ICT BECAUSE IT WAS THE CLOSEST ARPT TO OUR POS WHEN THE DECISION WAS MADE. RADIO CALLS WERE MADE TO COMPANY PERSONNEL AND WE WERE INFORMED THAT PARAMEDICS WERE AVAILABLE AND B757 SVC WAS NOT A PROB. WE LANDED AND PARKED ON THE RAMP ADJACENT TO THE GATES AND AIRSTAIRS WERE BROUGHT TO THE ACFT AND THE PARAMEDICS CAME AND EXAMINED AND INTERVIEWED THE PAX. HE REFUSED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. PAX DISEMBARKED AND WAS PLACED IN THE CUSTODY/CARE OF ACR PERSONNEL. ACFT WAS REFUELED; RELEASED FOR PHX.

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