MEDICAL EMER DECLARED BY A DSNDING A319 PIC FOR A PAX THAT THE FLT ATTENDANTS RPTED AS 'NOT BREATHING' WHILE ON FREQ WITH APCH CTL 25 MI NE OF ZZZ.

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OUT OF 12000 FT; FLT ATTENDANT CALLED COCKPIT TO INFORM US THAT A PAX HAD STOPPED BREATHING AND THAT WE NEEDED TO LAND ASAP. THE FLT ATTENDANT INFORMED US THAT THERE WAS NO DOCTOR ON BOARD. WE DECLARED A MEDICAL EMER WITH APCH AND WERE GIVEN CLRNC FOR A VISUAL TO RWY 19L. WE HAD VERY LITTLE TIME TO MAKE ANY CALLS OTHER THAN THOSE NECESSARY FOR ATC. THEY ADVISED US THAT THEY WOULD HAVE PARAMEDICS MEET US AT THE GATE AND INFORM COMPANY. AT ABOUT 3-5 MINS FROM LNDG; THE FLT ATTENDANT TOLD US THAT THE PAX WAS BREATHING AND LOOKED FINE. WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE GATE; I TOLD THE PAX TO REMAIN SEATED UNTIL THE MEDICS CAME ON BOARD. THE MEDICS ARRIVED ABOUT 5 MINS AFTER WE ARRIVED AT THE GATE. BY THAT TIME PAX WERE DEPLANING AND THE SICK PERSON WAS SEEN BY THE MEDICS AND RELEASED. FROM MY STANDPOINT WE HAD VERY LITTLE INFO FROM THE FLT ATTENDANTS. ALL WE HAD TO GO ON WAS THE SHORT STATEMENT; 'A MAN STOPPED BREATHING; WE NEED TO GET ON THE GND ASAP.' AFTER ALL THE PAX HAD DEPLANED; I WENT BACK AND HAD A DEBRIEF WITH THE FLT ATTENDANTS AND EXPLAINED THAT THE INFO THEY GAVE US WAS VERY LIMITED AND VAGUE. I KNOW THEY WERE LOOKING OUT FOR THE WELFARE OF THE PAX; BUT MORE INFO WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL.