Narrative:

While on the arrival to ewr; we were having a medical issue with a passenger. I was the pilot monitoring. Handling the coordination of paramedics/dispatch/medical personnel (onboard the aircraft) we were advised by the doctor/nurse on board that our passenger's medical situation was declining. At that time we requesting special/expedited handling. ATC ny approach did a great job prioritizing us. While the workload was high; the captain included our pilot jump seater in assisting me as the pilot monitoring. All was safely accomplished. The medical situation was coordinated and being handled by flight attendants/medical personnel in the cabin and dispatch had notified for paramedics to meet us upon arrival. The captain and I were both doing our normal duties. He was flying. I was pilot monitoring. Communicating with the flight attendants and dispatch had concluded. While on the arrival receiving radar vectors we were at 5;500 descending. ATC notified us that we had VFR traffic that they were not in contact with 1000 below us. We saw him in the TCAS and watched him maneuver closer to us when we got a TCAS RA. I believe the captain even saw the traffic visually. The autopilot was on at the time. I turned off the flight directors as per our procedure. The captain clicked off the autopilot and followed the TCAS RA. It was a climb RA; followed by a monitor vertical speed; then a clear of conflict. We advised ATC of the TCAS RA to which they responded they watched us respond to it. We came within 400 ft of the traffic. The captain once clear of conflict continued to hand fly the arrival and approach with autopilot and autothrottles off. We landed safely. Paramedics met the aircraft at the gate upon arrival and received medical attention. The captain and I along with the help of jump seaters and dispatch as well as flight attendant and medical personnel on board handled the situation safely and although we had multiple threats we were able to navigate safely to a safe landing. All personnel handled it very professionally.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A320 First Officer reported an NMAC on arrival into EWR with a light aircraft that was not in contact with ATC.

Narrative: While on the arrival to EWR; we were having a medical issue with a passenger. I was the pilot monitoring. Handling the coordination of paramedics/dispatch/medical personnel (onboard the aircraft) we were advised by the doctor/nurse on board that our passenger's medical situation was declining. At that time we requesting special/expedited handling. ATC NY approach did a great job prioritizing us. While the workload was high; the Captain included our pilot jump seater in assisting me as the pilot monitoring. All was safely accomplished. The medical situation was coordinated and being handled by flight attendants/medical personnel in the cabin and Dispatch had notified for paramedics to meet us upon arrival. The Captain and I were both doing our normal duties. He was flying. I was pilot monitoring. Communicating with the flight attendants and Dispatch had concluded. While on the arrival receiving radar vectors we were at 5;500 descending. ATC notified us that we had VFR traffic that they were not in contact with 1000 below us. We saw him in the TCAS and watched him maneuver closer to us when we got a TCAS RA. I believe the Captain even saw the traffic visually. The autopilot was on at the time. I turned off the flight directors as per our procedure. The Captain clicked off the autopilot and followed the TCAS RA. It was a Climb RA; followed by a Monitor Vertical Speed; then a Clear of Conflict. We advised ATC of the TCAS RA to which they responded they watched us respond to it. We came within 400 ft of the traffic. The Captain once clear of conflict continued to hand fly the arrival and approach with autopilot and autothrottles off. We landed safely. Paramedics met the aircraft at the gate upon arrival and received medical attention. The Captain and I along with the help of jump seaters and Dispatch as well as flight attendant and medical personnel on board handled the situation safely and although we had multiple threats we were able to navigate safely to a safe landing. All personnel handled it very professionally.

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.