A PREGNANT WOMAN WITH DIFFICULTIES LEADS A CREW; UNDER AN ONBOARD DOCTOR'S ADVICE; TO DIVERT FOR MEDICAL ATTN. MAINT DEFERRAL OF THE USED MEDICAL EQUIP WAS NOT DONE BEFORE THE SUBSEQUENT DEP.

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IN CRUISE FLT ATTENDANT CALLED TO INFORM US THAT A PREGNANT WOMAN WAS INCOHERENT; BEING GIVEN OXYGEN; AND THAT A CALL WAS GOING TO BE MADE FOR A DOCTOR. DOCTOR RESPONDED AND THE EEMK WAS RELEASED TO HIM. HE USED THE BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF AND THE STETHOSCOPE. DOCTOR EXAMINED PAX AND DETERMINED THAT SHE HAD A BRIEF LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS; THAT HER BLOOD PRESSURE WAS 80; AND THAT HER PULSE WAS 94. AS SHE WAS 7 WKS PREGNANT; DOCTOR RECOMMENDED DIVERSION; PARAMEDICS; AND HOSPITALIZATION. I INFORMED DISPATCH AND A DECISION WAS REACHED TO DIVERT TO STL. THE PARAMEDICS MET THE ACFT AND PAX; HER HUSBAND; AND HER SON DEPLANED. THE FLT ATTENDANTS DID A WONDERFUL JOB BOTH IN COMMUNICATING AND WITH THE PAX ON THE GND. STL STATION PERSONNEL; CALLED OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT; DID A FANTASTIC JOB. THE ACFT WAS TURNED IN 1 HR. I FORGOT TO GET THE OPENED EEMK AND USED OXYGEN BOTTLE DEFERRED PRIOR TO DEP FROM STL TO BWI. I REALIZED MY MISTAKE AS WE REACHED CRUISE AND CONTACTED MAINT AT THAT TIME. HUMAN FACTORS -- VERY BUSY IN AN UNFAMILIAR ENVIRONMENT AND FORGOT.