A321
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Total 6130
Workload
Deviation - Speed All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness / Injury
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification
Human Factors
The Captain and I received notification from the cabin crew of a medical emergency onboard. Passenger had become unconscious and unresponsive in the forward lavatory and CPR/AED efforts were being administered. Between ZZZ2 & ZZZ airports; medical personnel onboard advised us to land as soon as possible in the hopes of resuscitating the passenger. We therefore expedited to ZZZ airport from our cruising altitude of 36;000' to include exceeding the 250 knot below 10;000' FAR airspeed restriction in the descent to the airport area. This was done under Captain's emergency authority due to the medical emergency onboard. The conditions were VFR and with minimal traffic in the airspace; the risk was deemed to be very low.
Exceeded speed limit below 10;000 ft. Attempting to get a passenger to help. Passenger having a heart attack . Flight attendant and [a] nurse were doing CPR. Defibrillator was connected. No pulse. Delete speed limit below 10;000.
A321 pilot crew reported using pilot emergency authority below 10;000 feet; increased speed; for critically ill passenger.