Flight crew of an medium large transport diverted to land after being advised of a sick passenger.

Attributes
ACN	320340
Time
Date	199511
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : cmh
State Reference	OH
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zid
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Fokker 100
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	320340
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other other
Consequence	Other

Narrative:

Medical emergency. At cruise flight attendant advised passenger with possible stroke position was 130 south cmh. Passenger was traveling with her daughters. One daughter is a registered nurse. The flight attendant and rn monitored passenger noting bp 140/110 irregular heart pulse 68 and dazed appearance. They advised we should divert. A landing was then made at cmh XX18Z. The event went smoothly.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN MLG DIVERTED TO LAND AFTER BEING ADVISED OF A SICK PAX.

Narrative: MEDICAL EMER. AT CRUISE FLT ATTENDANT ADVISED PAX WITH POSSIBLE STROKE POS WAS 130 S CMH. PAX WAS TRAVELING WITH HER DAUGHTERS. ONE DAUGHTER IS A REGISTERED NURSE. THE FLT ATTENDANT AND RN MONITORED PAX NOTING BP 140/110 IRREGULAR HEART PULSE 68 AND DAZED APPEARANCE. THEY ADVISED WE SHOULD DIVERT. A LNDG WAS THEN MADE AT CMH XX18Z. THE EVENT WENT SMOOTHLY.

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.