Coast Guard, EMS rescue multiple people along Florida Keys

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Coast Guard, EMS rescue multiple people along Florida Keys

MIAMI — The Coast Guard partnered with emergency medical personnel, Saturday and Sunday, in the Florida Keys assisting several boaters with medical emergencies.

Sector Key West watchstanders received a report, at 11:43 p.m. Saturday, of an 80-year-old man suffering chest pains aboard the commercial fishing boat, Yankee Capt, 6 miles south of Dry Tortugas. A flight surgeon was notified and recommended the man remain on the boat as it transited to shore. Coast Guard watchstanders coordinated EMS to meet the man in Key West. He was transported to Lower Keys Medical Center.

Sector Key West watchstanders received another medevac request, at approximately 4:30 a.m. Sunday, from the sailboat, His Blessing crew, reporting a 56-year-old man was suffering seizures 24 miles south of Stock Island, Florida. A Coast Guard flight surgeon was notified and recommended the man remain on the sailboat as it transited to shore. Coast Guard watchstanders coordinated EMS to meet the man at Stock Island Marina.

Coast Guard Station Islamorada 33-foot law enforcement boat rescued a man, Sunday afternoon, who suffered a forehead laceration while aboard a disabled sailboat near Whale Harbor, Florida. The man was transported to shore where EMS awaited. He was transferred to Mariners Hospital.

“We are thankful to all of our emergency medical partners throughout the Keys,” said Capt. Adam Chamie, Sector Key West Commander. “We remind boaters to call us at the first sign of distress, so we can coordinate appropriate emergency medical care.”

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