CABIN ATTENDANT RPT; B767-300; ORD-BIRMINGHAM; ENGLAND. WOMAN HAD A SEVERE ALLERGY ATTACK FROM EATING AIRPLANE PEANUTS. DIVERT TO MONCTON; NB; FOR HOSPITAL. HVY LNDG.

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THE PURSER PAGED FOR A PHYSICIAN AND INFORMED ALL THE FLT ATTENDANTS THAT WE HAD A MEDICAL (PEANUT ALLERGY) EMER. THE PAX WAS MOVED FROM COACH TO A FIRST CLASS SEAT. EPI-PEN USED BY PAX PRODUCED NO CHANGE IN 1) BREATHING (OXYGEN ADMINISTERED); 2) SWELLING; 3) HEART RATE (130). THE CAPT ELECTED TO LAND ASAP. SOLUTION: DO NOT SERVE PEANUTS ON AIRPLANES. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR SAID THEY WERE FLYING FROM ORD TO BIRMINGHAM; ENGLAND; AND THEY DIVERTED TO MONCTON; NEW BRUNSWICK; CANADA; FOR THE MEDICAL EMER. THERE WERE NO DOCTORS OR OTHER QUALIFIED MEDICAL PERSONNEL ON BOARD; OR AT LEAST; NO ONE ANSWERED THE PAGE. SHE EXPLAINED THAT THE DRUG 'EPI-PEN;' THAT THE PAX HAD WITH HER; WAS A PRESCRIPTION INJECTION INSERTED INTO THE THIGH. BECAUSE THEY HAD TO LAND VERY HVY; THEY BLEW 4 TIRES AFTER LNDG; WHILE THEY WERE STILL ON THE TARMAC WAITING FOR A GATE. THE WOMAN WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. THEY HAD TO STAY OVERNIGHT TO HAVE MAINT WORK ON THE AIRPLANE AND CONTINUED ON TO ENGLAND THE NEXT DAY.