Narrative:

While at cruise; a flight attendant (flight attendant) called the cockpit to inform us of an unconscious female passenger and that they had paged for any medical personnel onboard. There was a doctor on board who was able to help with the passenger. I asked the flight attendant to provide me with the information on the medical emergency information sheet; when available; so that I could relay the information to poc.I notified center of a possible medical emergency onboard and that if it was ok to enter to a hold until we could determine if a diversion was necessary. We entered a present-position-hold while on our route. I had already determined that we were about 30 miles from ZZZ. ATC advised that we had ZZZ and ZZZ1 nearby in case a diversion was necessary.I told the first officer (first officer) to start loading ZZZ1 and ZZZ on his efb as an alternate and start getting the ATIS for ZZZ and ZZZ1. I pulled out the QRH and performed page 132 and 133 - 'poc-medical diversion' I contacted [commercial] radio and a patch was made with our controlling dispatcher and poc.I provided poc the information I had from the patient. Current known medications; symptoms; and blood pressure/pulse. The doctor asked what our ETA to ZZZ2 was. I explained that we were on a holding pattern near ZZZ and gave the ETA to ZZZ2 as it stood at that moment if we exited the hold at that point.poc recommended that the lady was taken to first class or galley area and to be laid flat; to administer oxygen for 30 minutes in lo flow setting; and to give her something sweet to drink. I was told by poc to continue towards ZZZ2 and to update them via arinc in one hour.I provided the flight attendant with the information and asked to please pass this information to the physician that was helping the passenger.after confirming that the passenger was stable; we exited the hold and continue towards ZZZ2. Taking into the account the strong headwind and our route; we continued along our filed route. As it became obvious that we could take a turn to minimize the headwind; I discussed with the first officer my idea of [advising ATC of emergency situation] so that we could get priority and a turn directly towards ZZZ2.I was later notified by the flight attendant that the female passenger revealed that she was pregnant (but would not tell the flight attendant how far along she was). I was also told that the blood pressure provided to poc on the original call was an estimate because the blood pressure cuff onboard did not work. I contacted the dispatcher via ACARS and ultimately spoke to poc again via [commercial] radio. The additional information was given to poc and I was told to continue to ZZZ2.I contacted center and [advised them of] emergency. We were cleared direct to ZZZ2. Upon arrival in ZZZ2; we were met by emergency services who took the passenger off the aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The Captain of an Embraer ERJ-190 reported that due to a passenger requiring medical attention they advised ATC of emergency situation and flew direct to their destination.

Narrative: While at cruise; a Flight Attendant (FA) called the cockpit to inform us of an unconscious female passenger and that they had paged for any medical personnel onboard. There was a doctor on board who was able to help with the passenger. I asked the FA to provide me with the information on the Medical Emergency Information Sheet; when available; so that I could relay the information to POC.I notified Center of a possible medical emergency onboard and that if it was ok to enter to a hold until we could determine if a diversion was necessary. We entered a Present-Position-Hold while on our route. I had already determined that we were about 30 miles from ZZZ. ATC advised that we had ZZZ and ZZZ1 nearby in case a diversion was necessary.I told the First Officer (FO) to start loading ZZZ1 and ZZZ on his EFB as an alternate and start getting the ATIS for ZZZ and ZZZ1. I pulled out the QRH and performed page 132 and 133 - 'POC-Medical Diversion' I contacted [commercial] Radio and a patch was made with our controlling dispatcher and POC.I provided POC the information I had from the patient. Current known medications; symptoms; and blood pressure/pulse. The doctor asked what our ETA to ZZZ2 was. I explained that we were on a holding pattern near ZZZ and gave the ETA to ZZZ2 as it stood at that moment if we exited the hold at that point.POC recommended that the lady was taken to first class or galley area and to be laid flat; to administer oxygen for 30 minutes in LO flow setting; and to give her something sweet to drink. I was told by POC to continue towards ZZZ2 and to update them via ARINC in one hour.I provided the FA with the information and asked to please pass this information to the physician that was helping the passenger.After confirming that the passenger was stable; we exited the hold and continue towards ZZZ2. Taking into the account the strong headwind and our route; we continued along our filed route. As it became obvious that we could take a turn to minimize the headwind; I discussed with the FO my idea of [advising ATC of emergency situation] so that we could get priority and a turn directly towards ZZZ2.I was later notified by the FA that the female passenger revealed that she was pregnant (but would not tell the FA how far along she was). I was also told that the blood pressure provided to POC on the original call was an estimate because the blood pressure cuff onboard did not work. I contacted the dispatcher via ACARS and ultimately spoke to POC again via [commercial] Radio. The additional information was given to POC and I was told to continue to ZZZ2.I contacted Center and [advised them of] emergency. We were cleared direct to ZZZ2. Upon arrival in ZZZ2; we were met by emergency services who took the passenger off the aircraft.

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