AT CRUISE ONBOARD A300-600R; PAX BECAME ILL AND FLC DECLARED EMER AND DIVERTED TO ALTERNATE FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.

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I WAS CALLED FROM FIRST CLASS GALLEY TO PAX AT SEAT XXH BY FLT ATTENDANT. PAX WAS HOLDING HIS CHEST AND COMPLAINED OF INTENSE PAIN IN HEART. I RETRIEVED AUTOMATIC EMER DEFIBRILLATOR AND APPLIED PADS. NO SHOCK ADVISED. I PAGED FOR AN MD OR RN AND IMMEDIATELY; A DR X AND AN EMT RESPONDED. THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS REQUESTED OXYGEN AND I BROUGHT THE OXYGEN. THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS GAVE THE PAX NITROGLYCERIN AND THEY USED THE STETHOSCOPE AND BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF TO MONITOR THE PAX. DR X DETERMINED THAT WE SHOULD LAND AT THE CLOSEST POSSIBLE ARPT AS THE PAX WAS NOT IMPROVING. AFTER CONSULTING WITH CAPT Y; IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WE WERE 30 MINS FROM MYRTLE BEACH AND OVER 1 HR TO JFK. WE THEN DIVERTED TO MYRTLE BEACH; AND WE MOVED THE ILL PAX TO FIRST CLASS SEAT XB FOR LNDG. THE ACFT WAS MET BY PAX SVC AND EMTS. THE EMT TEAM REMOVED THE PAX; AND I GAVE THE PAX'S PASSPORT; TICKET AND PERSONAL BELONGINGS TO A COUNTY POLICE OFFICER. I RETAINED 2 MEDICAL KITS; 1 FIRST AID KIT; THE AUTOMATIC EMER DEFIBRILLATOR; AND THE EMER MEDICAL KIT FOR JFK OFFICIALS. THE PLANE WAS REFUELED AND WE CONTINUED TO JFK.