MULTIPLE PLT RPT; B727; ATL-MSP. ILL PAX. PAX ND INTERVENED; DIVERT T CID. PAX TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. CAPT UNABLE TO GET A HOLD OF DISPATCH FOR DIVERSION.

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AT APPROX XA53Z ON OCT/XA/00; THE LEAD FLT ATTENDANT ENTERED THE COCKPIT AND ANNOUNCED THAT WE HAD A MEDICAL EMER. WE SUBSEQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS TO ASSESS THE CONDITION OF THE PAX. HER RPT WAS THAT THE PAX WAS UNCONSCIOUS; NOT BREATHING; NO PULSE AND THAT CPR WAS BEING ADMINISTERED BY A PHYSICIAN. I BEGAN A RAPID DSCNT WHILE COORDINATING EMER HANDLING WITH ATC EVALUATING OUR POS AND THE NEAREST SUITABLE ARPT. CID WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE CLOSEST AND AN APCH WAS INITIATED TO RWY 9. THE CREW FOLLOWED KNOWN APPROVED PROCS; AND THE LNDG AND REMOVAL OF THE NOW RESUSCITATED PAX OCCURRED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE CABIN DOOR WAS OPENED AT XA06Z AND THE PAX WAS DEPLANED. WE WERE REDISPATCHED FROM CID TO MSP AS FLT XXX AFTER COMPLETING THE REQUIRED PAPERWORK AND SVCING. IT WOULD BE OF ASSISTANCE TO THE FLC IF THERE WERE AN ESTABLISHED SYS OF EVALUATING HIGH RISK PAX; PRIOR TO THE BOARDING PROCESS. THE PAX WAS BOARDED USING OXYGEN. POSSIBLY THERE WAS SOMETHING IN HIS MEDICAL HISTORY THAT WOULD HAVE INDICATED FLYING WAS NOT A WISE CHOICE; AND THE CAPT NEEDS THE AUTH TO DENY BOARDING. SINCE EMERS ARE UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES; AND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CONFUSION EXISTS; IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO THE FLC TO HAVE A CHKLIST AFTER THE EMER HAS CONCLUDED; TO RETURN THE ACFT TO AN AIRWORTHY STATE BEFORE THE NEXT DEP. THE CHKLIST COULD COVER THINGS LIKE: WERE LIMITATIONS EXCEEDED? WAS THERE AN OVERWT LNDG? IS A MAINT INSPECTION REQUIRED? DOES THE MEDICAL KIT OR OXYGEN NEED REPLACEMENT? DID YOU LAND AT AN APPROVED ARPT? ETC. IN OUR CASE; WE BELIEVE WE COMPLIED WITH ALL REGS AND COMPANY PROCS SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 490715: WE WERE FLYING A SCHEDULED FLT FROM ATL-MSP WHEN I TURNED THE AIRPLANE OVER TO THE FO AND TOLD ATC WE HAD A MEDICAL EMER AND WE NEEDED TO START DOWN. I TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO GET A HOLD OF DISPATCH. WE DECIDED TO DIVERT TO CEDAR RAPIDS; IA. THIS PARTICULAR AIRPLANE WE WERE FLYING HAD HAD AN INOP ANTISKID; SO THAT INCREASED OUR WORKLOAD ON DECODING WHICH ARPT TO USE AND FINDING OUR LNDG PERFORMANCE DATA. WE HAD TO BORROW ANOTHER EMER MEDICAL KIT FROM ANOTHER AIRLINE IN ORDER TO BE REDISPATCHED TO MSP. WE DISCUSSED THIS WITH DISPATCH AND MAINT. THE CONTENTS OF BOTH KITS WERE COMPARED AND MET MEL REQUIREMENTS.