PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard medevacs 55-year-old man from tanker

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August , 2017
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PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard medevacs 55-year-old man from tanker

 

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Clearwater approaches the 550-foot tanker Gaschem Stade, 13 miles west of Egmont Key, Florida, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. The Jayhawk air crew medevaced a 55-year-old man from the tanker after he suffered heart attack like symptoms. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Gage Hunt) An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter air crew from Air Station Clearwater approaches the 550-foot tanker Gaschem Stade, 13 miles west of Egmont Key, Florida, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. The air crew medevaced a 55-year-old man from the tanker after he suffered heart attack like symptoms. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Connor Sullivan) Petty Officer 3rd Class Gage Hunt, a crewmember from Coast Guard Station Cortez, assists with the medevac of a 55-year-old man from the 550-foot tanker, Gaschem Stade, 13 miles west of Egmont Key, Florida, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter air crew from Air Station Clearwater medevaced the 55-year-old man to Tampa General Hospital. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Connor Sullivan)


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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. —The Coast Guard medevaced a 55-year-old male Philippine national from a 550-foot tanker 13 miles west of Egmont Key, Monday.

At 10:15 a.m. watchstanders at Sector St. Petersburg received a report via VHF-FM marine band radio channel 16 from crewmembers aboard the tanker, Gaschem Stade. They reported the man was suffering from symptoms of a heart attack aboard the tanker. A flight surgeon was briefed and recommended the man be medevaced.

A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew from Station Cortez and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter air crew from Air Station Clearwater were launched. The Cortez boatcrew arrived on scene and transferred a Coast Guard member to the tanker to assist.

The Jayhawk aircrew arrived on scene, hoisted the man and transported him to Tampa General Hospital in stable condition for further medical care.

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