MD80 DIVERT LANDS FOR ILL PAX.

Date: 2002-04 · Aircraft: MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model · Phase: cruise

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

Synopsis

MD80 DIVERT LANDS FOR ILL PAX.

Narrative

I WAS JUST DOING A WALK-THROUGH THE CABIN GOING FORWARD TO AFT PART OF CABIN AND AT THE SAME TIME #2 AND #4 FLT ATTENDANTS WERE CONVERTING FROM AFT GOING FORWARD; WHEN PAX #1 STOPPED US. HE SAID HE BELIEVED HE HAD A SEIZURE; SO #4 FLT ATTENDANT QUESTIONED AND CHKED OVER HIM AND BY THAT TIME #2 AND #1 FLT ATTENDANTS GOT THE EMER EQUIP; ETC. THE #2 FLT ATTENDANT GOES TO THE PHONE TO INFORM THE CAPT; SO I WAS THE FLOATER BTWN #2 AND #4 FLT ATTENDANTS. BY THEN #4 FLT ATTENDANT SAID WE NEED TO PAGE FOR PHYSICIANS; ETC. PAX #2 CAME; DID HER THING; PAX #1 WAS IN A RESPONSIVE STATE; PAX #2 ASKED FOR THE STETHOSCOPE/BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF FIRST; THEN PAX #2 LAID PAX #1 ACROSS ROW; CHKED HIS BLOOD PRESSURE AGAIN; SHE'S STILL COMMUNICATING WITH PAX #1. BY THEN; CAPT SAID WE WERE LNDG IN LAS VEGAS. PAX #2 SAT NEXT TO PAX #1 AND WHEN WE LANDED TAXIING TO THE GATE; I SEE PAX #1 SITTING UP AND SMILING. THE PARAMEDICS CAME ON; USED ISLE CHAIR. PAX #1 WAS STILL RESPONSIVE. THE PARAMEDICS CHKED HIM ON THE JET BRIDGE. WE GAVE ALL THE INFO WE HAD; THEY TALKED WITH PAX #2 (RN). EVERYTHING WENT WELL. THANKS FOR PAX #2 BEING ONBOARD.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.