A CL65 PIC RPT ON THE CONDITION OF HIS CABIN ATTENDANT AFTER SAME HAD FALLEN IN THE ACFT DURING AN ENCOUNTER WITH TURB ENRTE TO ORD; IL.

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ON A FLT FROM TULSA; OK; TO CHICAGO OHARE INTL ARPT DURING DSCNT FROM CRUISE WE RAN INTO SOME MODERATE TURB WHICH LASTED ABOUT 5 SECONDS. WE CONTINUED AND LANDED AT CHICAGO OHARE ARPT. AFTER WE PARKED THE AIRPLANE AT THE GATE AND AFTER ALL THE PAX DEPLANED; OUR FLT ATTENDANT INFORMED ME; THE CAPT; AND MY FO; THAT HE (THE FLT ATTENDANT) HAD FALLEN DURING THE TURB. THE FLT ATTENDANT SAID THAT WHEN HE FELL HE HIT HIS LEG AND HIS HEAD. THE FLT ATTENDANT TOLD US THAT WHEN HE FELL A PAX HELPED HIM UP AND HELPED SEAT HIM IN ONE OF THE PAX SEATS. THE FLT ATTENDANT INFORMED US THAT AFTER HE HIT HIS HEAD HIS VISION WAS A LITTLE BLURRY BUT THAT IT SOON RETURNED TO NORMAL AND THAT AT THE TIME WE WERE ALL DISCUSSING THE MATTER AT THE GATE HIS VISION WAS FINE. I ASKED THE FLT ATTENDANT ABOUT 3 TIMES IF HE NEEDED MEDICAL ATTN OR IF HE NEEDED AN AMBULANCE. THE FLT ATTENDANT SAID NO. I ALSO TOLD THE FLT ATTENDANT ABOUT 10 TIMES THAT I COULD CALL CREW SCHEDULING AND GET A REPLACEMENT FLT ATTENDANT AND THAT IT WOULD BE NO PROB AT ALL TO DO SO. THE FLT ATTENDANT SAID NO. I ASKED THE FLT ATTENDANT IF HE HAD BECOME UNCONSCIOUS AT ALL AFTER FALLING. THE FLT ATTENDANT TOLD ME NO. AFTER THIS TRIP WE HAD ABOUT 1 HR BREAK; AND ABOUT 10 MINS AFTER ARRIVING AT THE GATE WE; MYSELF; THE FO AND THE FLT ATTENDANT; WENT TO GET BREAKFAST. AS WE WERE WALKING THROUGH THE TERMINAL I WAS OBSERVING THE FLT ATTENDANT. I'M NO DOCTOR BUT TO ME HE SEEMED FINE. HE WAS WALKING AND TALKING FINE. I KEPT ASKING THE FLT ATTENDANT; IN FRONT OF THE FO; IF HE WAS OK TO CONTINUE THE TRIP AND CONTINUED TO LET HIM KNOW THAT IT WAS OK FOR HIM TO REMOVE HIMSELF FROM THE TRIP SO WE COULD GET A REPLACEMENT. HE ASSURED ME REPEATEDLY THAT HE WAS OK TO CONTINUE TO FLY. I TOLD THE FLT ATTENDANT TO FILL OUT AN INCIDENT RPT AND I FILLED OUT A CAPT'S RPT. SINCE THE FLT ATTENDANT ASSURED ME HE WAS OK WE CONTINUED THE TRIP AS SCHEDULED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE NEXT DAY WHEN I TURNED IN THE CAPT'S RPT TO THE CHIEF PLT; HE INFORMED ME THAT MY FLT ATTENDANT WROTE DOWN IN HIS RPT THAT HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS AFTER HE FELL. THE FLT ATTENDANT WROTE THAT AFTER FALLING DOWN THE NEXT THING HE REMEMBERED WAS WAKING UP IN A PAX SEAT WITH A PAX STANDING OVER HIM. I TOLD THE CHIEF PLT THAT I WAS UNAWARE OF THE FLT ATTENDANT GOING UNCONSCIOUS AND THAT IF I HAD KNOWN THE FLT ATTENDANT WAS UNCONSCIOUS; I WOULD HAVE REMOVED HIM FROM THE FLT AND INFORMED SCHEDULING TO FIND A REPLACEMENT FLT ATTENDANT. I DO REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY ASKING THE FLT ATTENDANT IF HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS AT ALL. THE FLT ATTENDANT TOLD ME NO. IN ADDITION I THINK THE FO WAS WITH ME WHEN I ASKED THAT QUESTION. I FIND THIS SIT A LITTLE DISTURBING; AND THE FACT THAT THE FLT ATTENDANT TOLD EVERYONE THAT HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS; BUT TOLD ME; THE CAPT; THAT HE WAS NOT UNCONSCIOUS; TROUBLING.