B757 flight crew declares a medical emergency for a passenger on flight to mkjp, first officer.

Attributes
ACN	585984
Time
Date	200306
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : mkjk.artcc
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 10 msl bound upper : 37000
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : mkjk.artcc tower : mkjp.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	descent : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	585984
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger illness other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : cab 5
Resolutory Action	controller : provided flight assist controller : issued new clearance flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Passenger Human Performance
Primary Problem	Passenger Human Performance

Narrative:

During descent into kin, flight attendant told us a lady was having a medical emergency. She had passed out and had come to several times. We declared a medical emergency with kin center. They gave us direct to elser, runway 12 at kin. They also gave us a high speed descent below 10000 ft. Lady was met by EMS at gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 FLT CREW DECLARES A MEDICAL EMER FOR A PAX ON FLT TO MKJP, FO.

Narrative: DURING DSCNT INTO KIN, FLT ATTENDANT TOLD US A LADY WAS HAVING A MEDICAL EMER. SHE HAD PASSED OUT AND HAD COME TO SEVERAL TIMES. WE DECLARED A MEDICAL EMER WITH KIN CTR. THEY GAVE US DIRECT TO ELSER, RWY 12 AT KIN. THEY ALSO GAVE US A HIGH SPD DSCNT BELOW 10000 FT. LADY WAS MET BY EMS AT GATE.

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.