WDB FLC DIVERTED TO ANOTHER ARPT FOR A PAX MEDICAL EMER.

Date: 2001-03 · Aircraft: B767-300 and 300 ER · Phase: cruise

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

Synopsis

WDB FLC DIVERTED TO ANOTHER ARPT FOR A PAX MEDICAL EMER.

Narrative

DURING MY 15 MIN WALK-THROUGH IN THE CABIN; MRS X; SEATED; STOPPED ME; SAID HER HUSBAND MR X WAS NOT FEELING WELL. HE WAS CLAMMY AND SWEATING. I SAID I WOULD GET HER SOME COLD TOWELS. ON MY WAY BACK TO THE COACH CABIN; I NOTICED THAT MRS X WAS RUNNING TO THE BACK OF THE ACFT TO GET IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE FROM FLT ATTENDANT #1. WE BOTH ARRIVED AT MR X'S SEAT AT THE SAME TIME. AT THIS POINT; MR X WAS UNCONSCIOUS AND NOT RESPONDING TO MY COMMANDS. WE IMMEDIATELY VACATED OTHER PAX SEATED IN THE AREA AND LAID MR X FLAT. WE FOLLOWED OUR MEDICAL PROCS AND AT THIS POINT; FLT ATTENDANT #2 ARRIVED AT THE SCENE. I MENTIONED TO HER THIS IS CODE RED; MEANING THAT SHE IS TO OBTAIN THE FIRST AID KIT; ENHANCED MEDICAL KIT; AND THE AED. I THEN DELEGATED FLT ATTENDANT #1 AND #2 TO REMAIN WITH MR X AND I IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED THE CAPT AND PAGED FOR A PHYSICIAN. DR A; AND DR B SEATED IN THE MAIN CABIN; AND AN RN RESPONDED TO OUR REQUEST. MR X EXPERIENCED A PROBABLE HEART ATTACK AND A NUMBER OF SEIZURES. IV WAS INSERTED AND AED WAS USED. AT THIS POINT; DR B SAID WE NEEDED TO LAND IMMEDIATELY. CAPT WAS NOTIFIED AND WE LANDED IN ALBUQUERQUE; NM; WITHIN 20 MINS TIME. GND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE CAME ABOARD AND MR X WAS REMOVED FROM ACFT AND WAS ADMITTED TO A HOSPITAL. TO REMOVE MR X; A STRETCHER WAS NEEDED; THEREFORE; THERE WAS A DELAY IN REMOVING MR X BECAUSE THE GND MEDICAL PERSONNEL HAD TO CONTACT THE FIRE DEPT FOR A STRETCHER. THE AISLE CHAIR/GURNEY WAS NOT THE EQUIP TO UTILIZE DUE TO THE SIZE AND CONDITION THE PAX WAS IN. THE FOLLOWING EMER EQUIP USED ON BOARD WERE: ENHANCED MEDICAL KIT; FIRST AID KIT; AED; AND A SOLID STATE OXYGEN UNIT. ON ARR IN DALLAS; WE CALLED THE HOSPITAL TO FOLLOW UP ON MR X'S CONDITIONS AND HE WAS IN STABLE CONDITION AND BEING EVALUATED BY MEDICAL STAFF.

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