Overview
- During a Lufthansa flight from Bangkok to Munich, about three hours after takeoff, an approximately 40-year-old woman collapsed with vomiting and very low blood pressure.
- With no doctor available, singer Joey Heindle, who completed paramedic training in 2021, stepped in to provide first aid.
- He checked breathing, pulse and temperature, first considered stroke or a pulmonary embolism, then treated what he identified as severe low blood sugar with dehydration.
- He gave glucose gel, applied cold calf wraps and placed her in the recovery position for nearly three hours, after which she improved and later walked off the plane in Munich with her husband.
- Heindle says his care spared the crew an emergency landing, and current reports draw on his account without independent confirmation from Lufthansa or medical authorities.