Posted on 12/23/2016 5:12:06 PM PST by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Dramatic pilot distress call reveals Carrie Fisher, 60, suffered a massive heart attack on 11-hour flight and was kept alive with CPR from a nurse passenger after she 'stopped breathing for 10 MINUTES'
Carrie Fisher is currently in stable condition after suffering a massive heart attack on board an 11-hour transatlantic flight from London to Los Angeles - after the pilot's harrowing distress call revealed how fellow passengers saved her life.
Her brother, Todd Fisher, told The Associated Press that she was 'out of emergency' and stabilized at a Los Angeles hospital Friday afternoon. He said he could not discuss any other details about what happened.
Fisher was kept alive with CPR administered by a fellow passenger after she was not breathing for 10 minutes or so, it has been claimed. The legend was on a United Airlines Flight 935 seated in first class when it's said she went into cardiac arrest.
Her 24-year-old daughter, Billie Lourd, rushed to UCLA Medical Center to be by her bedside, as the actress's beloved French bulldog named Gary was also brought to the hospital.
Prior to landing at LAX, the pilot of the United Flight told the control tower that passengers aboard the plane were helping an 'unresponsive passenger,' but did not name who it was.
'United 935 I need the nature of your medical emergency, and also the sex of the patient and if there is medical personnel at the gate,' an official from the control tower can be heard asking the pilot on the recording.
'Yea, we've coordinated medical personnel for the gate, we have some passengers, nurses, assisting the ... unresponsive passenger,' the pilot replied.
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How awful. She is a very lucky woman to survive an ordeal like that.
Well, I’m glad she didn’t pass away. Who would play Peter Griffin’s boss at the Pawtucket Brewery?
Remember what Obi Wan said. No such thing as luck. The Force is strong with this one.
I think it means CPR was employed for ten minutes while she wasn’t breathing on her own, not the everyone on the plane stood around for ten minutes before doing anything.
:-)
On a respirator now according to L A local news.
Brother asking for prayers.
Let’s hope so.
Hope the princess does well.
Stopped breathing for 10 minutes or so? If this is an accurate report, she’z not out of the woods yet. My prayers for Carrie Fisher and her family.
Wouldn’t that most likely result in a comatose state ? How can her condition be reported as stable ?
Full cardiac arrest for that long?
They are keeping her alive until her family can come say their good byes.
It’s stable, because she is probably brain dead.
“Stable” as in consistent. Her vitals signs (heartbeat, respiration, temperature, blood pressure, red blood cell count) have not dramatically changed for a while.
Sometimes. Just depends on the moment. If she was dead for a particular amount of time.....could result in some brain damage.
Chewy getting a paw-full there!
If she really stopped breathing for 10 minutes that would be serious brain damage lack of oxygen.
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