B737-300 flight crew has a medical emergency during approach.

Attributes
ACN	718266
Time
Date	200611
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	msl single value : 10000
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : zzz.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : traffic pattern
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	718266
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger illness
Independent Detector	other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed as precaution
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Passenger Human Performance
Primary Problem	Passenger Human Performance

Narrative:

On downwind for runway flight attendant called saying that a passenger had just passed out in front of the cockpit door and they had a doctor in first class assisting. Declared an emergency and landed uneventfully. Paramedics met the aircraft and took the passenger away. The passenger was awake before landing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-300 FLT CREW HAS A MEDICAL EMER DURING APCH.

Narrative: ON DOWNWIND FOR RWY FLT ATTENDANT CALLED SAYING THAT A PAX HAD JUST PASSED OUT IN FRONT OF THE COCKPIT DOOR AND THEY HAD A DOCTOR IN FIRST CLASS ASSISTING. DECLARED AN EMER AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. PARAMEDICS MET THE ACFT AND TOOK THE PAX AWAY. THE PAX WAS AWAKE BEFORE LNDG.

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.