FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING A PAX WHO HAD ASTHMA AND WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST. FLT DIVERTED AND PARAMEDICS MET THE ACFT.

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MIDWAY THROUGH FLT FROM SJU-DFW; I NOTICED A PAX WEARING A 'SURGICAL' MASK. SINCE IT'S ALLERGY SEASON; I ASSUMED THE MAN PUT THE MASK ON INFLT TO FILTER THE AIR. APPROX 1 HR BEFORE LNDG; I NOTICED HE WAS SPEAKING TO THE PURSER. APPARENTLY; HE WAS ASTHMATIC AND WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH HIS INHALER. THE FLT ATTENDANT ASSISTING HIM RAN TO HIS SEAT; RETRIEVED HIS BAGGAGE; AND TOOK HIM THE MACHINE 'NEBULIZER' HE WAS REQUESTING. HIS NEBULIZER DIDN'T HAVE A BATTERY AND WE HAD NO PLACE TO PLUG IN THE MACHINE. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING; THE MACHINE GIVES HIM BREATHING TREATMENTS. SINCE WE WERE UNABLE TO USE THE MACHINE; THE PAX PANICKED AND WENT INTO FULL CARDIAC ARREST. HE WAS NOT BREATHING AND HAD NO PULSE. WE WERE ASSISTED BY 2 NURSES. ONE NURSE GAVE THE COMPRESSIONS AND I ADMINISTERED MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION VIA A POCKET MASK. WE GOT HIS HEART BEATING AND HE BEGAN TO BREATH. WE PUT HIM ON OXYGEN. AFTER A FEW MINS; WE LOST HIM AGAIN AND CONTINUED MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION/CCC. WE DECLARED A MEDICAL EMER; QUICKLY LANDED; AND PARAMEDICS MET THE FLT. PAX EXPIRED THE NEXT DAY IN THE HOSPITAL.