PRIORITY GIVEN TO LIFEGUARD A320 FLT WITH 2 SICK PAX ON ARR INTO SFO; CA.

Date: 2004-04 · Aircraft: A320

Anomalies: flight-deck-cabin-aircraft-event-illness-injury|other-claimed-lifeguard-flt

Synopsis

PRIORITY GIVEN TO LIFEGUARD A320 FLT WITH 2 SICK PAX ON ARR INTO SFO; CA.

Narrative

INFLT MEDICAL EMER FOR 2 PAX -- 1 VOMITING UNCONTROLLABLY AND THE OTHER WITH A SIGNIFICANT NOSEBLEED. BOTH PAX REQUIRED INFLT MEDICAL ATTN FROM AN AVAILABLE EMT AND 2 AVAILABLE PHYSICIANS. PURSER COMPLETED MEDICAL EMER AND ACCIDENT RPT FORMS FROM THE 'FAOM' FOR BOTH PAX. OUR ACTIONS WERE TO NOTIFY DISPATCHER WHEN THE EVENTS INITIATED AND AS WE CONTINUED TO SEE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SIT. WE BECAME A LIFEGUARD DESIGNATION AT APPROX 11000 FT OVER CEDES INTXN AND WERE CLRED DIRECTLY TO SAMUL INTXN ON THE FMS BRIDGE VISUAL. WE WERE GIVEN EXPEDITIOUS HANDLING TO SFO AND APCH AND ARR PROCEEDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ALL NORMAL CHKLISTS WERE COMPLETED IN A TIMELY FASHION AND ALL SPD RESTRS FOR ATC AND ACFT WERE COMPLIED WITH. WE WERE CLRED FOR RWY 28L. WE CLRED AT A NORMAL TAXI SPD AT HIGH SPD TXWY T AND JOINED TXWY B. MAX TAXI SPD TO GATE WAS 24 KTS. EMT'S MET THE ACFT IN A TIMELY FASHION. PAX WERE REMOVED FIRST AND CREW MEMBERS DEBRIEFED AND EXCHANGED INFO. ALL FLT ATTENDANTS WERE ADVISED PER FOM TO CONTACT COMPANY MEDICAL IF THEY FELT THEY HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO AN INFECTIOUS AGENT.

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