2001-09 · NASA ASRS report 524489
A S80 FLT ATTENDANT RPT ON THE INJURY SUSTAINED BY A PAZ SUFFERING FROM A SEIZURE THAT CREATED THE NEED FOR THE FLT TO DIVERT TO LIT; AR.
PAX WAS FOUND SEMI-CONSCIOUS ON THE FLR AISLE WITH BLOOD COMPLETELY COVERING HER FACE AND HANDS. WE SPOKE TO HER IMMEDIATELY AND SHE OPENED HER EYES. ONE FLT ATTENDANT RAN FOR OXYGEN; ONE FLT ATTENDANT PAGED FOR MEDICAL HELP AND THEN ASSISTED WITH PULLING THE WOMAN BACK TO THE MIDDLE SEAT. AS FLT ATTENDANT #1 RAN FOR PLASTIC GLOVE; OPENED THE COCKPIT DOOR AND TOLD THE COCKPIT OF OUR EMER AND STANDBY FOR MORE INFO. A NURSE RESPONDED TO HELP US. SHE WAS FANTASTIC AND REASSURED US WE WERE DOING THE RIGHT THING. THE WOMAN WAS BLEEDING FROM HER NOSE AND SOMEHOW HAD HIT HER HEAD AND A LARGE BUMP WAS DEVELOPING. WE GAVE HER AN ICE PACK WHICH ONE OF THE FLT ATTENDANT HELD FOR HER. SHE STARED AT US BUT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK. HER CONDITION OF FLUTTERING FROM CONSCIOUS TO SEMI-CONSCIOUS SEEMED TO BE GETTING WORSE. THE FLT ATTENDANT AND NURSE DECIDED TO TELL THE CAPT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SMART TO LAND QUICKLY. WE WERE IN LIT WITHIN 20 MIN. THE PARAMEDICS WERE WAITING FOR US. AFTER QUESTIONING THE WOMAN; SHE SAID SHE HAD HISTORY OF SEIZURES; BUT DIDN'T TAKE HER MEDICINE FOR IT.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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