Coast Guard medevacs woman from cruise ship
U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 12/24/2017 04:39 PM EST
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December 24, 2017 |
Coast Guard medevacs woman from cruise ship
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NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a woman from a cruise ship 100 miles south of Southwest Pass, Louisiana, Sunday.
The Eighth Coast Guard District watchstanders received a report from the cruise ship Vision of the Seas of a 23-year-old woman suffering from suspected internal bleeding from a prior incident.
Watchstanders directed the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew and a Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew at 8:30 a.m.
The helicopter aircrew arrived on scene at 10 a.m. and hoisted the woman and transferred her to Jefferson Medical Center in New Orleans.
The survivor was reported in stable condition.
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