B-767 FLT CREW DECLARES AN EMER AND MAKES A 360 DEG TURN ON FINAL APCH TO LOSE ALT AND AIRSPD AT KLAX.

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BECAUSE WE WERE DEALING WITH A PAX CORONARY; AND HAD DECLARED AN EMER; WE RETURNED TO LAX AT A HIGH RATE OF SPD. AS WE NEARED THE ARPT AND WERE CLRED TO LAND; IT BECAME APPARENT THAT WE WERE TOO HIGH AND TOO FAST FOR THE LNDG; AND I TOLD THE CTLR WE NEEDED TO MAKE A L 360 DEG TURN. HE REPLIED THAT HE COULD NOT APPROVE THAT; BUT VOLUNTEERED TO VECTOR US FOR ANOTHER APCH. I TOOK CTL (THE FO HAD BEEN FLYING) AND ADVISED TWR WE WERE MAKING AN EMER 360 DEG TURN. THE TURN WAS COMPLETED WITH NO TFC CONFLICTS AND THE LNDG AND TAXI IN WERE UNEVENTFUL. THIS SIT; I BELIEVE; IS A RESULT OF MY BEING DISTR FROM MY FLYING DUTIES BY PERSONS OUTSIDE THE COCKPIT. HAVING BEEN TRAINED FOR THIS; I EXPECT THESE DISTRS; YET I ALLOWED MYSELF TO BE 'DRAWN IN;' I GUESS BECAUSE I WANT TO BE A 'CAN DO' AVIATOR. THE QUESTIONS ATC WAS ASKING (WHAT GATE) AND THAT OUR COMPANY WAS ASKING (PATIENT'S NAME; SEAT NUMBER; ETC) ARE SIMPLE ENOUGH; BUT REQUIRE TIME TO GENERATE AN ANSWER. THIS IS TIME THAT WOULD HAVE BEST BEEN SPENT IN CONDUCT OF THE FLT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 587926: WE WERE HIGH ON FINAL TO RWY 25R (LAX). TWR WAS UNABLE TO APPROVE THE 360 DEG TURN; HOWEVER; TCASII SHOWED NO TFC AND WE COMMUNICATED OUR EMER STATUS TO LAX TWR. WE TAXIED TO THE GATE WHILE PARAMEDICS MET THE AIRPLANE.