2000-10 · NASA ASRS report 488358
MULTIPLE CABIN ATTENDANT RPT; B757; MIA-CLE. ON CLBOUT; WOMAN BECAME ILL; UNCONSCIOUS; MALE NURSE RELUCTANTLY ASSISTED. RETURN TO MIA. PAX REMOVED.
FLT ATTENDANT #3 AND I WERE GETTING THE BEVERAGE CART READY. A PAX CALL LIGHT WENT OFF AND I ANSWERED IT. A FEMALE PAX INFORMED ME THAT THE LADY NEXT TO HER WAS ILL. I GOT HER A CUP OF ICE AND WET NAPKINS. SHE ONLY SPOKE SPANISH; SO I CALLED FLT ATTENDANT #3 OVER. I LEFT TO INFORM THE PURSER. WHEN I RETURNED 2 MINS LATER; THE ILL PAX WAS THROWING UP. WE PAGED FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. A MALE NURSE HELPED US. HE CHKED HER BLOOD PRESSURE; ETC. THE PAX SEEMED TO BE UNRESPONSIVE. I RETRIEVED OXYGEN AND FLT ATTENDANT #3 CONTINUED TO STAY WITH THE PAX. AFTER FLT ATTENDANT #3 GAVE HER ORANGE JUICE AND SUGAR; SHE SEEMED BETTER; BUT WE WERE ALREADY ON APCH TO MIAMI. THE PARAMEDICS TOOK THE PAX TO THE HOSPITAL AND WE CONTINUED TO CLO. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR SAID SHE WASN'T DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH THE INCIDENT. IT OCCURRED 15-20 MINS AFTER TKOF. THE MALE NURSE WAS SLOW AND RELUCTANT TO RESPOND TO THEIR PAGE UNTIL THEY WERE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF TURNING AROUND TO MIAMI. THE WOMAN WAS BELIEVED TO BE DIABETIC. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 489684: SHE THEN SLIPPED INTO WHAT APPEARED TO BE A DIABETIC COMA (UNCONSCIOUS); COMPLETELY NON-RESPONSIVE; COLD; CLAMMY. I PAGED FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND RECEIVED NONE; UNTIL WE MADE THE DECISION TO RETURN TO MIAMI AND GET HELP FOR HER.
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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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