The captain of an embraer erj-170 reported they diverted due to an ill passenger.

Attributes
ACN	1410744
Time
Date	201612
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Type 7000
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness

Narrative:

Just after level off at cruise I was contacted via the cabin com by the a flight attendant. She stated there was a man down in the fwd galley and they were getting the aed when I replied 'male or female and approximate age'. The information was given to me and I informed her we would be on the ground in about 15 minutes. A pan pan pan call was made followed by advising ATC of the medical urgency. We initiated the decent and vectors toward the airport then flew an approach to landing uneventfully. Higher than 250kts was maintained below 10;000 feet with ATC's approval. Upon touch down I was informed by an rnp that was on the flight after about two minutes of the passenger being incoherent he came around and said do not use the aed on me my heart does not hurt. Paramedics had him removed from the flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The Captain of an Embraer ERJ-170 reported they diverted due to an ill passenger.

Narrative: Just after level off at cruise I was contacted via the cabin com by the A FA. She stated there was a man down in the fwd galley and they were getting the AED when I replied 'male or female and approximate age'. The information was given to me and I informed her we would be on the ground in about 15 minutes. A PAN PAN PAN call was made followed by advising ATC of the medical urgency. We initiated the decent and vectors toward the airport then flew an approach to landing uneventfully. Higher than 250kts was maintained below 10;000 feet with ATC's approval. Upon touch down I was informed by an RNP that was on the flight after about two minutes of the passenger being incoherent he came around and said do not use the AED on me my heart does not hurt. Paramedics had him removed from the flight.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.