Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel near Uganik Bay, Alaska

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 08/18/2019 01:34 PM EDT

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Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel near Uganik Bay, Alaska

KODIAK, Anchorage— The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 56-year-old man from a fishing vessel near Uganik Bay, Alaska, Saturday.

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from Air Station Kodiak hoisted the crewman from fishing vessel Caiti Jo and transported him to awaiting emergency medical services in Kodiak at 7:00 p.m. 

Watchstanders at the Sector Anchorage command center received notification at 4:42 p.m. that a crewman aboard the vessel was experiencing stoke-related symptoms. A  Coast Guard duty flight surgeon was consulted and a medevac recommended. The command center launched the Jayhawk aircrew from Air Station Kodiak.  

Weather on scene was clear visibility with 17 mph winds and one foot seas.

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