Narrative:

As we leveled at FL370, the purser advised us that a passenger had blood flowing from her ear and that she believed that she had broken an eardrum. We informed our dispatch and received instructions to get the passenger medical information, which we did. Ms X chose to not return to fll, when given the option, so we proceeded to sju where we requested medical assistance upon arrival. We coordinated all of this through our dispatch before we were out of radio range. When we requested a slow, long descent and advised ZSU as to why we wanted to do it, they assigned us traffic priority which we advised them was not necessary. We got it anyway, as they were vectoring and were met by paramedics and passenger service representative. We left. The aircraft operated normally, as did the pressurization system throughout flight.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT RPT, B757, FLL-SJU. PAX'S EARDRUM BROKE, BLOOD FLOWING. PAX MEDICAL INTERVENTION. STRAIGHT-IN CLRNC TO SJU.

Narrative: AS WE LEVELED AT FL370, THE PURSER ADVISED US THAT A PAX HAD BLOOD FLOWING FROM HER EAR AND THAT SHE BELIEVED THAT SHE HAD BROKEN AN EARDRUM. WE INFORMED OUR DISPATCH AND RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS TO GET THE PAX MEDICAL INFO, WHICH WE DID. MS X CHOSE TO NOT RETURN TO FLL, WHEN GIVEN THE OPTION, SO WE PROCEEDED TO SJU WHERE WE REQUESTED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE UPON ARR. WE COORDINATED ALL OF THIS THROUGH OUR DISPATCH BEFORE WE WERE OUT OF RADIO RANGE. WHEN WE REQUESTED A SLOW, LONG DSCNT AND ADVISED ZSU AS TO WHY WE WANTED TO DO IT, THEY ASSIGNED US TFC PRIORITY WHICH WE ADVISED THEM WAS NOT NECESSARY. WE GOT IT ANYWAY, AS THEY WERE VECTORING AND WERE MET BY PARAMEDICS AND PAX SVC REPRESENTATIVE. WE LEFT. THE ACFT OPERATED NORMALLY, AS DID THE PRESSURIZATION SYS THROUGHOUT FLT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.