FLC OF AN ACR ACFT DSNDED AND LANDED ASAP DUE TO PAX ILLNESS. PARAMEDICS MET FLT UPON LNDG.

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PRIOR TO DEP A PAX (ELDERLY) COMPLAINED TO A PAX NEXT TO HER THAT SHE WAS HAVING BREATHING PROBS. THE PAX NEXT TO HER ADVISED THE FLT ATTENDANT. I REQUESTED THAT SHE BE REMOVED FROM THE FLT AND THAT WE GET HER MEDICAL ATTN. WHEN WE ADVISED HER OF SAME; SHE REFUSED ANY MEDICAL ATTN AND DID NOT WANT TO GET OFF. I WENT BACK TO THE CABIN AND TALKED TO HER PERSONALLY AND SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS EXPERIENCING ANXIETY DUE TO FAMILY PROBS AND THE 'STUFFY' AIR IN THE CABIN; BUT SHE 'FELT JUST FINE.' SHE WAS VERY ALERT; HER COLOR WAS GOOD AND DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE ANY BREATHING DIFFICULTY. SHE ASSURED ME THAT HER PROB WAS OF AN EMOTIONAL NATURE; SO I DECIDED NOT TO TAKE ANY FURTHER ACTION AND CONTINUE THE FLT. SHE DID JUST FINE UNTIL ABOUT 20-25 MINS PRIOR TO LNDG; SHE STARTED HAVING DIFFICULTY BREATHING. SHE WAS PUT ON OXYGEN AND A DOCTOR ON BOARD EXAMINED HER AND SAID SHE WOULD BE OK GOING INTO FLL; BUT RECOMMENDED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE UPON ARR. WE THEN STARTED OUR DSCNT AND NOTIFIED COMPANY OF THE PROB. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WERE USED FROM THE EMER MEDICAL KIT: STETHOSCOPE; BLOOD PRESSURE DEVICE; AND 1 PAIR OF LATEX GLOVES. (NO MEDICATION WAS NECESSARY.) BY THE TIME THE DOCTOR GOT HER MEDICAL HISTORY AND FINISHED EXAMINING HER; WE WERE ABOUT 15 MINS FROM LNDG AND THEREFORE DID NOT CONTACT A MEDICAL LINK. HER MEDICAL HISTORY SHOWED SHE HAD ASTHMA AND WAS A HVY SMOKER. WE EXPEDITED OUR APCH AND DSCNT AND PARAMEDICS MET THE FLT ON ARR.