Flight declared emergency and diverted to get medical care for an ill passenger.

Attributes
ACN	718250
Time
Date	200611
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zzz.artcc
State Reference	US
Altitude	msl single value : 36000
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zzz.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	718250
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger illness
Independent Detector	other other : 4
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Passenger Human Performance
Primary Problem	Passenger Human Performance

Narrative:

Declared a medical emergency. Passenger in back was having problems breathing and chest pains. There was a medical doctor on board. The doctor gave the passenger an aspirin and took his blood pressure. Passenger initially looked ok to doctor. The doctor used the aed to monitor the heart. Then passenger started to look worse about 90 mi north of ZZZ. Landed on runway 18R and taxied to gate. Other medical personnel took the passenger off the plane. Continued to ZZZ1 without further incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT DECLARED EMER AND DIVERTED TO GET MEDICAL CARE FOR AN ILL PAX.

Narrative: DECLARED A MEDICAL EMER. PAX IN BACK WAS HAVING PROBS BREATHING AND CHEST PAINS. THERE WAS A MEDICAL DOCTOR ON BOARD. THE DOCTOR GAVE THE PAX AN ASPIRIN AND TOOK HIS BLOOD PRESSURE. PAX INITIALLY LOOKED OK TO DOCTOR. THE DOCTOR USED THE AED TO MONITOR THE HEART. THEN PAX STARTED TO LOOK WORSE ABOUT 90 MI N OF ZZZ. LANDED ON RWY 18R AND TAXIED TO GATE. OTHER MEDICAL PERSONNEL TOOK THE PAX OFF THE PLANE. CONTINUED TO ZZZ1 WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.