Passenger Medical Emergency

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1. 0:00 NARRATOR: Chapter 145. Here is the scenario: A passenger becomes seriously unwell in
2. 0:05 flight. Practice describing the situation and requesting assistance.
3. 0:11 NARRATOR: Your starting details: You are flying Evektor, registration N827EV. Your
4. 0:16 position is 12 miles east of Paine Field, indicated altitude 2500 feet. You are tuned
5. 0:23 to Seattle Approach. Your planned destination is Arlington.
6. 0:29 NARRATOR: Play the pilot. At each prompt, use the ten-second pause to respond aloud or
7. 0:35 decide whether to transmit. Then compare with the example. This is simulated radio
8. 0:40 practice.
9. 0:42 NARRATOR: Scenario update: A conscious passenger reports severe chest discomfort
10. 0:46 and increasing difficulty breathing. You are unimpaired, and the airplane and radios
11. 0:51 operate normally. The passenger's medical condition is not diagnosed. This is a
12. 0:55 communications-only exercise, not an aircraft emergency checklist. Aviate first.
13. 1:01 NARRATOR: Your task: State your problem, position and requested assistance. Keep
14. 1:05 flying the airplane; the practice pause is not operational delay.
15. 1:19 PILOT: Mayday, mayday, mayday, Seattle Approach, Evektor 827EV, 12 miles east of
16. 1:23 Paine Field, passenger medical emergency. Request immediate landing at the nearest
17. 1:27 suitable airport and an ambulance on arrival.
18. 1:32 APPROACH: Evektor 827EV, roger, say persons on board and fuel remaining when able
19. 1:39 NARRATOR: Your task: For this exercise, there are 2 people on board and estimated
20. 1:45 usable fuel is 45 minutes. Your indicated altitude is 2500 feet and heading is 360.
21. 1:51 Give only what workload permits; these are scenario facts, not a checklist.
22. 2:06 PILOT: Passenger is conscious with chest discomfort and difficulty breathing. 2
23. 2:11 people on board, at 2500, estimated fuel remaining 45 minutes. I can fly a normal
24. 2:17 approach and landing, Evektor 827EV
25. 2:21 NARRATOR: End of this exercise: End of the radio decision exercise. The stated
26. 2:25 condition remains unresolved; no landing, rescue, repair or medical outcome is
27. 2:29 assumed. Continue the appropriate aircraft-specific procedures and assistance
28. 2:32 coordination.
29. 2:34 NARRATOR: Chapter debrief: Communications exercise ends with the stated condition
30. 2:38 unresolved; subsequent aircraft handling is outside scope.
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