2001-07 · NASA ASRS report 521206
B767 CREW HAD A PAX HEART ATTACK IN CRUISE FLT IN SBBS CLASS A.
PAX APPEARED TO BE HAVING A HEART ATTACK. ANOTHER PAX NOTICED HIM AND CALLED FOR HELP. A PA PAGED FOR A PHYSICIAN; AND ONE RESPONDED AND ASSISTED US. 2 FLT ATTENDANTS ATTACHED THE AED TO THE PAX; I OBTAINED SOLID STATE OXYGEN AND TURNED IT ON; THE PHYSICIAN ATTACHED THE MASK TO PAX'S FACE. ANOTHER FLT ATTENDANT OBTAINED A MEDICAL KIT AND PHYSICIAN USED NITROGLYCERINE ON PAX; WHO THEN IMPROVED; BUT PHYSICIAN INSISTED WE LAND BECAUSE PAX WOULD NOT MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO JFK. WE LANDED SHORTLY THEREAFTER (HVY) IN BSB; PARAMEDICS CAME ON AND REMOVED PAX; THEN WE CANCELED BECAUSE 8 TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED; 5 OF WHICH WERE FLAT. PAX HAD BYPASS SURGERY AND WAS ON HIS WAY TO NEW YORK TO CONSULT A CARDIOLOGIST. PAX FORGOT TO BRING HIS HEART MEDICINE. PAX TOLD NO ONE; AND WAS TRAVELING ALONE. PROB: CREW WAITED UNTIL EVERY PAX HAD BEEN GIVEN A HOTEL ROOM; THEN WE WERE ASSISTED LAST. WE (CREW) ALSO HAD 3 UNACCOMPANIED MINORS WITH US. THE FOLLOWING DAY WE WERE TOLD BY SEVERAL PAX THAT PAX WHO HAD HEART ATTACK ENTERED HOTEL LOBBY AS LAST PAX WERE BEING CHKED IN; AND HE AND 2 OR 3 OTHER PAX FROM FLT STAYED UP UNTIL XA00 AM SMOKING AND DRINKING! PAX ATTEMPTED TO BOARD PLANE NEXT DAY AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED. HE WAS DENIED BOARDING; HOWEVER; BY AGENTS AND CAPT.
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