Video Available: Coast Guard medevacs ill man from cruise ship in Canadian waters

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June 18, 2017 U.S. Coast Guard 13th District Pacific Northwest Contact: 13th District Public Affairs Office: (206) 220-7237 After Hours: (206) 819-9154

Coast Guard medevacs ill man from cruise ship in Canadian waters

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PORT ANGELES, Wash. — A Coast Guard aircrew conducted a medevac of an ill man from the cruise ship MS Amsterdam, which was off the coast of Tofino, British Columbia, Sunday morning.

The Coast Guard aircrew from Sector Field Office/Air Station Port Angeles safely hoisted a 79-year-old American citizen suffering from stroke-related symptoms and transferred him to awaiting emergency medical services back at the Coast Guard base, who then transported the man to Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound received a request for medevac at 4:55 a.m. The Port Angeles aircrew launched aboard an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter at 6:45 a.m., and arrived on scene with the cruise ship MS Amsterdam at 7:30 a.m. The aircrew completed the hoist and headed to Port Angeles and completed the patient transfer at 8:15 a.m.

The patient was in stable condition throughout the flight and at the time of transfer to EMS.

 

 

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