Coast Guard medevacs man near Terrebonne Bay

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 04/30/2017 02:22 PM EDT

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News Release  

April 30, 2017
U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Heartland
Contact: 8th District Public Affairs
Office: (504) 671-2020
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Coast Guard medevacs man near Terrebonne Bay

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a 56 year-old man running a high temperature and having difficulty moving from a fishing vessel near Terrebonne Bay, Louisiana, Sunday.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report from the fishing vessel Kevin Rico at 8:22 a.m. that a crewmember was was in need of a medevac.

Watchstanders directed the launch of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, which hoisted the survivor and transferred him to emergency medical services at Air Station New Orleans.

The survivor was reported to be in stable condition at Ochsner West Bank Hospital.

 

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