Coast Guard medevacs man from vessel off Pascagoula, Mississippi

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 03/04/2017 09:27 PM EST

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News Release  

March 4, 2017
U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Heartland
Contact: 8th District Public Affairs
Office: (504) 671-2020
After Hours: (618) 225-9008

Coast Guard medevacs man from vessel off Pascagoula, Mississippi

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a 42-year-old male from a motor vessel approximately 18 nautical miles south of Pascagoula, Mississippi, Saturday.

Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders received a call at 1:16 p.m. reporting a 42-year-old male suffering from a severely infected foot aboard the motor Amazon Explorer. A Coast Guard Station Pascagoula 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew, launched to assist.

The crew arrived on scene at 4:15 p.m. and transferred the survivor to emergency medical services at Station Pascagoula where he was transferred to Singing River Hospital Pascagoula.

The survivor was reported in stable condition.

 

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