Coast Guard medevacs crewmember from fishing vessel near Port Isabel, Texas

united states coast guard 

 News Release  

Oct. 20 2017
U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Public Affairs Detachment Texas
Contact: 8th District Public Affairs Detachment Texas
Office: (281) 464-4810
After Hours: (832) 293-1293

Coast Guard medevacs crewmember from fishing vessel near Port Isabel, Texas

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard medevaced an injured crewmember Friday morning from a fishing vessel three miles southeast of Port Isabel, Texas. 

At 8:22 a.m., the captain of the fishing vessel John Henry contacted Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders to report that a crewmember had suffered an injury to his head and was in need of medical assistance. 

At 8:40 a.m. the injured crewmember was transferred to a Station South Padre Island small boat with a medical corpsman aboard.

The injured man was delivered to emergency medical services personnel who transported him to Valley Regional Medical Center where he was determined to be in stable condition.

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