B737 flight crew declared a medical emergency and diverted to land due to an ill passenger.

Attributes
ACN	545447
Time
Date	200202
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zma.artcc
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zma.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 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
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 2 flight attendant time total : 2
ASRS Report	545477
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger illness
Independent Detector	other other : cab
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Passenger Human Performance
Primary Problem	Passenger Human Performance

Narrative:

After beverage service began, flight attendant #4 found passenger had become unconscious in seat xx. She took control of situation. Flight attendant #2 came immediately to assist, after taking beverage cart (backwards) through cabin and alerting other flight attendants of incident. All flight attendants assisted with oxygen and helping (2) nurses in reviving passenger. Passenger was revived with oxygen and we diverted to jax, where paramedics took passenger off flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 FLC DECLARED A MEDICAL EMER AND DIVERTED TO LAND DUE TO AN ILL PAX.

Narrative: AFTER BEVERAGE SVC BEGAN, FLT ATTENDANT #4 FOUND PAX HAD BECOME UNCONSCIOUS IN SEAT XX. SHE TOOK CTL OF SIT. FLT ATTENDANT #2 CAME IMMEDIATELY TO ASSIST, AFTER TAKING BEVERAGE CART (BACKWARDS) THROUGH CABIN AND ALERTING OTHER FLT ATTENDANTS OF INCIDENT. ALL FLT ATTENDANTS ASSISTED WITH OXYGEN AND HELPING (2) NURSES IN REVIVING PAX. PAX WAS REVIVED WITH OXYGEN AND WE DIVERTED TO JAX, WHERE PARAMEDICS TOOK PAX OFF FLT.

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.