Further distribution is highly encouraged.
About one half hour after takeoff, Northwest flight 944 was travelling 23,000 feet over the Rocky Mountains when a flight attendant requested that any medical personnel on board come to the front to assist another passenger. Tubbs, from Medical Company, CSSG-3, answered the call. With supplies from the aircraft medical bag, Tubbs placed the man on oxygen, a cardiac monitor and began a physical assessment. The monitor showed the patient was in atrial fibrillation, a potentially life threatening problem that causes a decrease of blood circulation. The flight landed in Minneapolis, MN, so that the patient could be transferred to the care of local paramedics.