VIDEO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard medevacs man from boat 50 miles west of San Diego
U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 08/31/2018 11:42 AM EDT
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U.S. Coast Guard 11th District PA Detachment San Diego |
Coast Guard medevacs man from boat 50 miles west of San Diego
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SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard medevaced a 53-year-old man approximately 50 miles west of San Diego, just south of San Clemente Island, Thursday.
A crewmember aboard the 56-foot sport-fishing vessel Prowler contacted Coast Guard Sector San Diego's Joint Harbor Operations Center watchstanders at approximately 12:30 p.m. requesting assistance for a passenger experiencing symptoms of heart trouble and severe seasickness.
A Coast Guard Sector San Diego MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew launched to assist.
Once on scene, the Jayhawk crew lowered a rescue swimmer to provide care and assist the patient into the basket to be hoisted into the helicopter.
The crew returned with the patient to Sector San Diego shortly after 4 p.m. where awaiting emergency medical services personnel took over care of the patient and transferred him to University of California San Diego Medical Center – Hillcrest.
The man was reported to be in stable condition.
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