FLC OF AN ACR DIVERTED TO LAND DUE TO A MEDICAL EMER. COMPUTER FELL ON A SEATED PAX WHEN ANOTHER PAX OPENED AN OVERHEAD COMPARTMENT CAUSING SUFFICIENT INJURY AS PER A PROFESSIONAL MEDICALLY QUALIFIED PAX TO DEEM MEDICAL ATTN ON THE GND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

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DURING CRUISE AT 37000 FT IN SMOOTH AIR; A PAX OPENED AN OVERHEAD COMPARTMENT AND A COMPUTER FELL OUT STRIKING AND INJURING ANOTHER PAX. THE FLT ATTENDANT OBTAINED THE SVC OF A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL ONBOARD. THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDED THE INJURED PAX RECEIVE MEDICAL ATTN ON THE GND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WITH CONCURRENCE WITH OUR DISPATCHER WE DIVERTED TO SEA FOR MEDICAL ATTN. WE ASKED FOR MEDICAL PRIORITY FROM ATC AND WE WERE CLRED IN WITH NO DELAY. PARAMEDICS MET THE FLT AND REMOVED THE INJURED PAX FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT. WE WERE REFUELED AND OBTAINED A NEW FLT RELEASE AND WERE READY TO DEPART FOR ORIGINAL DEST WITHIN 39 MINS. AT THIS TIME WE WERE ADVISED THAT OUR ACFT HAD BEEN 'IMPOUNDED' AND WOULD NOT BE RELEASED UNTIL WE WERE INSPECTED BY NTSB AND FAA. 181 PAX WERE HELD ON THE ACFT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 1 HR 40 MINS WAITING FOR NTSB AND FAA. CORRECTIVE ACTION: PAX CARRY ONBOARD MORE AND MORE ITEMS EVERYDAY. THEY ARE; AND HAVE BEEN FOR SOME TIME; A READY HAZARD. THE CARRY-ON LIMIT SHOULD BE REDUCED BY 3/4 AND THE LIMIT STRICTLY ENFORCED TO REDUCE THIS KIND OF INJURY AND INCONVENIENCE.