A B727 HAD A MEDICAL EMER AND DIVERTED TO TPA.

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JUST E OF TPA LEVELED FL310 CABIN ALT 4100 FT; #1 FLT ATTENDANT CHIMED FLT DECK 4 TIMES TO NOTIFY US THAT PAX UNCONSCIOUS; WEAK PULSE; BREATHING. I INSTRUCTED #1 FLT ATTENDANT TO PA FOR A PHYSICIAN; TWO CAME FORWARD TO AID. WE DSNDED IMMEDIATELY TO FL240 TO LOWER ACFT CABIN ALT. UNABLE TO CONTACT DISPATCH THROUGH TPA OPS. TPA GENERAL MGR SAID GATE YY WAS OPEN; THEY WOULD STAND BY. PHYSICIAN ADMINISTERED OXYGEN; HOWEVER PAX REMAINED UNCONSCIOUS. DECLARED AN EMER WITH ATC AND INTENT TO DUMP FUEL. ATC VECTORED US W OF PORT RICHARD OVER WATER THEN ASSIGNED US A 180 DEG HDG APPROX 7 MI W OF SHORELINE AT 9000 FT MSL WHERE WE DUMPED 7000 LBS OF FUEL. ABEAM CLEARWATER; WE WERE CLRED VISUAL TO TPA RWY 18R. WE PROCEEDED TO OM RWY 18R; LANDED JUST UNDER MAX GROSS WT FOR LNDG. TAXI TO GATE YY. PARAMEDICS MET US AT THE GATE AND IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO ASSIST PAX. I PROCEEDED TO OPS TO RELAY EVENTS TO DISPATCH AT THIS TIME. ALL NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED WERE NOTED BY TPA GENERAL MGR. ONE NOTE; AFTER LEARNING PAX WAS DEFINITELY BREATHING WITH A STRONG PULSE. NO DIRECTION FROM AIDING MD TO LAND IMMEDIATELY; I CHOSE TO DUMP FUEL RATHER THAN LAND OVERWT. WHILE DUMPING FUEL; WINDS WERE 272-287 DEGS AT 5-17 KTS. WE WERE IN THE CLR OF ALL CLOUDS.