B737-800 CREW HAD A PAX ILLNESS; AND DISCOVERED THE REQUIRED MEDICAL KIT WAS ONLY A FIRST AID KIT.

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HAD MEDICAL PROB WITH A PAX ENRTE. DIVERTED TO ABQ. THEN DISCOVERED MEDICAL KIT IN COCKPIT WAS ACTUALLY A FIRST AID KIT. KITS LOOK IDENTICAL EXCEPT FOR LETTERING ON ONE SIDE. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO READ IDENTING LABEL. RECOMMEND PUTTING LABEL OR LETTERING ON SIDE/EDGE OF BOX MAKING LABEL VISIBLE EASIER. FOUND OUT LATER THAT DAY THE PAX DIED. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 518588: DURING A FLT FROM ZZZ-XXX; A PAX HAD A HEART ATTACK 30 MINS FROM ABQ. THE ACFT DIVERTED TO ABQ. SOME CONFUSION WAS PRESENT OVER THE EMER MEDICAL KIT WHETHER ONE WAS ON BOARD THE ACFT -- ONE COULD NOT BE FOUND. THEY ARE STOWED IN COCKPIT WITH THE FLC BESIDE THE FIRST AID KIT. A KIT WAS GIVEN TO THE CREW BEFORE IT LEFT ABQ. HOWEVER; NO LOG SQUAWK WAS GENERATED. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THE CREW LOOKED IN THE SPOT FOR THE KITS AND SAW 2 EACH INSTALLED; BUT IT WAS 2 FIRST AID KITS; NOT 1 FIRST AID AND 1 EMER MEDICAL KIT. I FEEL THAT THESE KITS NEED TO BE MORE READILY IDENTIFIABLE -- SUCH AS IN DIFFERENT COLOR BOXES AND MORE CLRLY TAGGED. AS FAR AS GENERATING A SQUAWK FOR THIS; IT IS THE CAPT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ASSURE IT IS ON BOARD AND IF RPTED NOT TO BE; AND NEEDED; HE IS IN TROUBLE AS IS THE CASE. AS MAINT; I DID NOT WANT TO GET THE CAPT IN TROUBLE; THAT IS WHY A SQUAWK WAS NOT GENERATED BUT A MEDICAL KIT WAS ABOARD THE ACFT FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE FLT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 518030: DID NOT DECLARE AN EMER -- CLRED DIRECT WITH NO PROBS.