CABIN ATTENDANT RPT; B757; SNA-ORD. ILL WOMAN; INTERVENTION BY PAX MD AND NURSE. USED AED; IV; BIOHAZARD BAG. NEEDED MORE DISPOSABLE GLOVES; ALCOHOL PADS. PAX TAKEN TO HOSPITAL IN CHICAGO.

Date: 2000-06 · Aircraft: B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model · Phase: cruise

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

Synopsis

CABIN ATTENDANT RPT; B757; SNA-ORD. ILL WOMAN; INTERVENTION BY PAX MD AND NURSE. USED AED; IV; BIOHAZARD BAG. NEEDED MORE DISPOSABLE GLOVES; ALCOHOL PADS. PAX TAKEN TO HOSPITAL IN CHICAGO.

Narrative

THE FLT ATTENDANTS IN THE MAIN CABIN HAD INFORMED ME THAT A FEMALE PAX WAS SICK TO HER STOMACH. ABOUT 1 HR 45 MINS OUT OF ORD; ONE OF THE FLT ATTENDANTS IN THE MAIN CABIN CALLED ME AND SAID THAT THIS LADY WAS STILL SICK AND NOW COMPLAINING OF CHEST PAINS. I WENT BACK IMMEDIATELY. I TOLD MY #3 FLT ATTENDANT TO TELL THE COCKPIT; AS I WENT BACK. THE LADY WAS SITTING IN THE AFT R-HAND LAVATORY; SITTING ON THE TOILET AND VOMITING IN THE BASIN. I GRABBED OXYGEN OUT OF AFT L-HAND DOGHOUSE AND PAGED FOR A VOLUNTEER PHYSICIAN. DR X CAME BACK IMMEDIATELY AND STARTED ASKING PAX X QUESTIONS. I CALLED THE CAPT AND INFORMED HIM WHAT WAS GOING ON RIGHT AWAY. I TOLD THE OTHER FLT ATTENDANTS TO BRING BACK ENHANCED MEDICAL KIT AND AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR. USED BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF. BLOOD PRESSURE WAS GOOD. A CRITICAL CARE NURSE MS Y ALSO CAME BACK TO ASSIST. WE MADE A BED ON THE AFT GALLEY FLOOR FOR THE PAX. I HOOKED HER UP TO THE AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR TO MONITOR HER. SHE KEPT VOMITING. CHEST PAINS SUBSIDED. DR X AND NURSE Y DECIDED TO PUT SODIUM CHLORIDE IV IN HER. I KEPT THE CAPT INFORMED AT ALL TIMES. THE CAPT WAS IN TOUCH WITH OUR MEDICAL AND TOLD THEM EVERYTHING WE WERE DOING FOR PAX X AND MEDICAL SAID THAT WE WERE DOING EVERYTHING A-OK -- JUST RIGHT ON. WE HAD LOTS OF BIO HAZARD MATERIAL TO DISPOSE OF. WE NEEDED LOTS MORE ALCOHOL PADS AND BLUE AND GREEN GLOVES IN THE ENHANCED MEDICAL KIT. THE 3 OF US AND THE DR AND NURSE USED ALL THE GLOVES; DISPOSING OF BLOODY THINGS AND VOMIT. WE PUT IT ALL IN THE BIO BOTTLE (NEEDLES) AND RED BIO BAG. THERE WERE ONLY ABOUT 3 ALCOHOL PADS IN ENHANCED MEDICAL KIT. PAX STAYED STABLE. I RELOCATED THE 3 PAX IN THE LAST ROW ON THE L SO PAX X; DR X AND NURSE Y COULD SIT THERE FOR LNDG. WE KEPT HER HOOKED UP TO THE AED THROUGH LNDG AND OXYGEN WAS HERE IF SHE NEEDED IT. PARAMEDICS MET THE FLT AND TOOK HER TO XX HOSPITAL IN CHICAGO. RIGHT AFTER ALL THIS; WE STILL HAD TO WORK A FULL FLT TO PHX.

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