Coast Guard medevacs crewmember from motor vessel
U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 05/14/2018 11:48 AM EDTNews Release |
U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Heartland May 14, 2018 |
Coast Guard medevacs crewmember from motor vessel
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a 59-year-old male from a motor vessel near Dauphin Island, Alabama, Sunday.
Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders received a notification at 10:38 p.m. Sunday from the master of the motor vessel Asphalt Sailor about a Russian crewmember who was reported experiencing symptoms of heart arrhythmia.
Watchstanders launched a Coast Guard Station Dauphin Island Response Boat-Medium boatcrew to medevac the crewmember.
The boatcrew successfully embarked the patient and transferred him in good condition to emergency services waiting at Station Dauphin Island.
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