Flight crew of an MD88 diverted to land and declared an emergency due to an ill passenger.

Attributes
ACN	429101
Time
Date	199902
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : atl.vortac
State Reference	GA
Altitude	msl single value : 31000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : ztl.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-600, -700, -800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other vortac
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	429101
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger illness
Independent Detector	other other : cab3
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency

Narrative:

Passenger fainted and required medical attention as soon as possible. Flight elected to land atl and emt's meet aircraft. Passenger was evaluated by emt and safely walked off aircraft. Emergency was declared with expedited arrival to atl runway 27R.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN MD88 DIVERTED TO LAND AND DECLARED AN EMER DUE TO AN ILL PAX.

Narrative: PAX FAINTED AND REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTN ASAP. FLT ELECTED TO LAND ATL AND EMT'S MEET ACFT. PAX WAS EVALUATED BY EMT AND SAFELY WALKED OFF ACFT. EMER WAS DECLARED WITH EXPEDITED ARR TO ATL RWY 27R.

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.