Coast Guard medevacs man near Pensacola, Florida

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News Release  

July 22, 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 near Pensacola, Florida

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a man from a charter vessel near Pensacola, Florida, Saturday.

Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report at approximately 2 p.m. of a 66-year-old male, aboard the charter vessel Wet Dream, who was reported to be suffering from the bends after a dive.

Watchstanders launched a Coast Guard Station Pensacola Response Boat-Medium crew with two emergency medical services personnel also aboard.

The boat crew arrived on scene at 3:14 p.m., took the patient aboard, and transferred him to Station Pensacola where local emergency medical services were waiting.

The patient is reported to be in stable condition, and will be transferred to another hospital for any necessary decompression.

 

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