CABIN ATTENDANT RPT; S80; TPA-DFW. UNCONSCIOUS PAX; AED MONITORED BY PAX RN; AND PARAMEDIC; ADVISED NO SHOCK; REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS; NO NEED TO DIVERT.

2000-12 · NASA ASRS report 497593

Date: 2000-12 · 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; TPA-DFW. UNCONSCIOUS PAX; AED MONITORED BY PAX RN; AND PARAMEDIC; ADVISED NO SHOCK; REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS; NO NEED TO DIVERT.

Narrative

DEC/XA/00 WE WERE OUTBOUND TPA/DFW. 20 MINS INTO FLT; A NON REVENUE PAX (EMPLOYEE) NOTIFIED ME THAT HER HUSBAND WASN'T BREATHING; SITTING UP; EYES CLOSED. WE TRIED TO GET HIS ATTN. HE FELL FORWARD UNCONSCIOUS. THE AISLE WAS BLOCKED DUE TO THE BEGINNING OF BEVERAGE SVC. #1 FLT ATTENDANT PASSED THE AED AND GRAB & GO KIT TO ME -- ALSO LARGE OXYGEN. I LAID THE PAX FLAT ON THE SEATS. (OTHER PAX CROWDED INTO THE AISLE.) I BEGAN TO CONNECT THE PAX TO AED AND HOOKED HIM UP TO OXYGEN. I CHKED FOR BREATHING. THE AED ADVISED NO SHOCK. PARAMEDIC AND RN WERE IN REAR OF PLANE; WERE TRYING TO MAKE THEIR WAY TO FRONT OF PLANE. PARAMEDIC READ GRAPH ON SCREEN; ADVISED CAPT. THE PAX WAS REGAINING CONSCIOUSNESS (ALTHOUGH HE REMAINED IN A SEMI STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS) AND THAT HIS HEART RATE APPEARED NORMAL ON THE AED SCREEN. PARAMEDIC TOLD CAPT IT WAS NOT NECESSARY TO LAND THE PLANE. WITHIN MINS THE GENTLEMAN SAT UP AND TRIED TO REGAIN HIS COMPOSURE. REMAINDER OF THE FLT WAS UNEVENTFUL; ALTHOUGH PARAMEDICS MET OUR FLT AT DFW; CAME ABOARD AND REMOVED THE PAX FOR FURTHER MEDICAL ATTN.

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

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