A B727 CREW DIVERTED TO GSO DUE TO A MEDICAL EMER.
Synopsis
A B727 CREW DIVERTED TO GSO DUE TO A MEDICAL EMER.
Narrative
DIVERSION TO GSO DUE TO MEDICAL EMER. AT APPROX XA18Z; FLT ATTENDANT NOTIFIED US OF PAX SEATED IN XX HAVING SEIZURE. ASKED FLT ATTENDANT TO MAKE PA FOR DOCTOR ON BOARD. CONTACTED DISPATCH WITH MEDICAL; CALL ME. PHONE PATCHED TO DISPATCH. FLT ATTENDANT INFO'ED ME THAT REGISTERED NURSE ON BOARD AND CHKING VITAL SIGNS PAX UNCONSCIOUS. ACR X DOCTOR ASKED FOR INFO. PAX WAS SEIZING AND REGAINING CONSCIOUSNESS. PAX ON OXYGEN. WOULD NOT LET NURSE ADMINISTER ASSISTANCE. SPOUSE OF PAX CALLED THEIR DOCTOR. SENT FE TO SPEAK TO PAX SPOUSE AS 'PR' REQUEST. WE WERE INFORMED THAT PAX (DOCTOR) WAS GOING TO HOSPITAL IN WASHINGTON AREA. SHE HAD SUFFERED SPINAL DAMAGE AND HAD BEEN PUT ON MEDICATION PRIOR TO DEPARTING MCO. FE EVALUATED SIT BEST TO DO DIVERT;. AT THIS TIME WE WERE 79 NM W OF GSO. NOTIFIED DISPATCH OF DECISION AT XA59Z; DIVERTED TO GSO PER DISPATCH. FREQ WAS SPORADIC AND WE COULD NOT CONTINUE VOICE COM. MOST INFO GOTTEN BY ACARS. PARAMEDICS WERE REQUESTED TO MEET FLT. THE MEDICAL EMER PAX WAS INCOHERENT AND CONVULSING; THEREFORE; REASON FOR DIVERSION. UNEVENTFUL APCH AND LNDG. PARAMEDICS MET FLT AND REMOVED PAX AND SPOUSE TO HOSPITAL.
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