CABIN ATTENDANT RPT; S80; LGA-DFW. PAX LOST CONSCIOUSNESS; PAX RN INTERVENED; CONFERRED WITH CAPT; DIVERT TO SDF. MEDICAL HELP.

Date: 2000-08 · Aircraft: MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model · Phase: cruise

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

Synopsis

CABIN ATTENDANT RPT; S80; LGA-DFW. PAX LOST CONSCIOUSNESS; PAX RN INTERVENED; CONFERRED WITH CAPT; DIVERT TO SDF. MEDICAL HELP.

Narrative

A PAX (FLT ATTENDANT) MS X WAS SEATED IN XD. DURING PICK-UP; SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS FEELING LIGHT HEADED. AS I WAS TELLING HER TO SIT BACK AND RELAX; I OPENED HER AIR VENT. SHE SOON PASSED OUT. I IMMEDIATELY SHOOK HER TO SEE IF SHE WAS ALRIGHT; BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. I THEN YELLED 'CODE RED' TO THE #2 FLT ATTENDANT. SHE THEN CALLED UP FRONT TO THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT WHO BROUGHT BACK THE NECESSARY ITEMS. MS X REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS DURING THAT TIME. SHE HAD BEEN 'OUT' FOR ONLY SEVERAL SECONDS. LUCKILY; THERE WAS A NURSE SITTING IN YF; MR X; WHO THEN CAME TO ASSIST ME. I LEFT MS X ONLY TO GET THE WALKAROUND OXYGEN BOTTLE; WHILE THE NURSE WAS TENDING TO HER. I ADMINISTERED OXYGEN TO HER FOR A COUPLE OF MINS. SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS FEELING MUCH BETTER AND WANTED A GLASS OF COKE. SOON THE CAPT CAME BACK TO TALK TO THE NURSE. IT WAS THEN AGREED TO DIVERT TO SDF. ON THE GND; THE MEDICAL PERSONNEL CAME ON BOARD TO LOOK AT MS X. EVERYTHING CHKED OUT TO BE FINE. EVEN WITH THAT RPT; THE CAPT WANTED MS X TO DEPLANE; WHICH OF COURSE SHE DID; EVEN THOUGH SHE INSISTED SHE WAS FINE. PAX COOPERATION DURING THIS INCIDENT WAS VERY GOOD DURING THIS TIME. WE SOON TOOK OFF FOR DFW.

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