B757-200 crew had a passenger medical emergency in ZOB class a airspace.

Attributes
ACN	517498
Time
Date	200107
Day	Tue
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cvg.airport
State Reference	OH
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zob.artcc tower : gfk.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 6
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 2 flight attendant time total : 2 flight attendant time type : 20
ASRS Report	517498
Person 2
Affiliation	other
Function	observation : passenger other personnel other
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger illness cabin event other
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Passenger Human Performance
Primary Problem	Passenger Human Performance

Narrative:

Passenger in main cabin boarded with a nose bleed. She was with a tour group and didn't speak english. The tour had been in nigeria and passenger was complaining of stomach pains and began vomiting blood. Aircraft made an emergency landing in cvg. Paramedics met the aircraft and passenger was removed and taken to hospital along with her husband and a tour guide. I was not directly involved other than to ask for a doctor on board and assist others.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757-200 CREW HAD A PAX MEDICAL EMER IN ZOB CLASS A AIRSPACE.

Narrative: PAX IN MAIN CABIN BOARDED WITH A NOSE BLEED. SHE WAS WITH A TOUR GROUP AND DIDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH. THE TOUR HAD BEEN IN NIGERIA AND PAX WAS COMPLAINING OF STOMACH PAINS AND BEGAN VOMITING BLOOD. ACFT MADE AN EMER LNDG IN CVG. PARAMEDICS MET THE ACFT AND PAX WAS REMOVED AND TAKEN TO HOSPITAL ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND AND A TOUR GUIDE. I WAS NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED OTHER THAN TO ASK FOR A DOCTOR ON BOARD AND ASSIST OTHERS.

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.