I was half-dozing and listening to music on a flight last week, when I heard the FA make an announcement and asked if any medical personnel on board would identify themselves. I opened my eyes and saw a commotion two rows back, on the opposite side of the plane.

I took out my ear buds and gathered that the elderly lady there was having a heart attack. Luckily, there were two paramedics and a nurse on board who looked after her. She never lost consciousness, and they didn't end up diverting the plane (they talked about that for a bit, but we were probably only about a half hour away from our destination by the time they finished the debate and decided to continue on).

We waited until the paramedics came on the plane, assessed her, stabilized her, and took her off on a stretcher. It looked like she was going to be ok.

I saw how calm the FAs were at the time, but how rattled they looked as we were leaving. Anyone else have a medical emergency mid-flight? That was a first for me.