IMAGERY AVAILABLE: Coast Guard conducts medevac 35 miles east of Nantucket

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 03/14/2021 05:23 PM EDT

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IMAGERY AVAILABLE: Coast Guard conducts medevac 35 miles east of Nantucket

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BOSTON— Coast Guard crews successfully medevaced of a 45-year-old fisherman from the 80-foot fishing vessel, Mariner, approximately 35 miles east of Nantucket, Massachusetts, Sunday.

At 12:50 p.m., watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England Command Center were notified by the vessel captain who was concerned about a crewmember experiencing chest pains. 

The Coast Guard duty flight surgeon was consulted and recommended a medevac based on the concern that the fisherman’s condition could worsen if left untreated.

A Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew transported the man back to shore where Emergency Medical Services took him to Cape Cod Hospital. 

The weather at the time of the medevac was reportedly four-foot seas and 20 mph winds.

 

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