CABIN ATTENDANT RPT; B767-200; LIM-DFW. ILL PAX BOARDED IN LIMA; HEART AND MENTAL PROB. SCARED OTHER PAX; HAD HEART ATTACK; PAX MD INTERVENTION. DIVERT TO GUAYAQUIL. PAX REMOVED.

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THE PAX WAS TOO ILL TO TRAVEL; MUCH LESS ON HIS OWN. I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS ON MEDICATION; OR THE LACK THEREOF; WHICH CAUSED THE HEART ATTACK. THE PAX'S BEHAVIOR ATTRACTED ATTN; FIRST AS HE STRUGGLED TO GET TO HIS SEAT UPON BOARDING; AND LATER AS HE YELLED OUT IN SPURTS WHILE HE SLEPT. THE AUTOMATIC ELECTRONIC DEFIBRILLATOR UNIT WAS USED AND A DIVERSION TO GUAYAQUIL; ECUADOR; WAS MADE. LIM GND PERSONNEL SHOULD HAVE NOTICED THAT THIS MAN WAS TOO ILL TO TRAVEL UNACCOMPANIED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT THE MAN NEEDED HELP BEING BOARDED; SO THE #8 FLT ATTENDANT AND THE GATE AGENT HAD TO HOLD HIM UP AND CARRY HIM TO HIS SEAT. THE RPTR THINKS THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE USED AN AISLE CHAIR TO BOARD HIM; BECAUSE HE WAS SO UNWIELDY. HE BELIEVED THAT THE MAN WAS MENTALLY UNBALANCED OR HAD TOURRETTE'S SYNDROME. HE'D FALL ASLEEP; THEN WAKE UP AND YELL LOUDLY; DOING THIS ROUTINE SEVERAL TIMES; SCARING THE PEOPLE SITTING AROUND HIM. WHEN HE STARTED TO VOMIT; THE PURSER PAGED FOR A DOCTOR. A FEMALE PHYSICIAN ON BOARD HELPED MONITOR HIS HEART WITH THE AUTOMATIC ELECTRONIC DEFIBRILLATOR. THE MAN EVIDENTLY HAD A HEART ATTACK SOME TIME BEFORE LNDG. THE PARAMEDICS IN GUAYAQUIL TOOK THE MAN TO A HOSPITAL. THE RPTR AGAIN EMPHASIZED THAT THIS MAN SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN BOARDED IN LIMA.