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U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Heartland Contact: 8th District Public Affairs Office: 504-671-2020 After Hours: 618-225-9008 Eighth District online newsroom

Coast Guard medevacs cruise ship passenger 72 miles offshore Southwest Pass, Louisiana

  

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NEW ORLEANS–The Coast Guard medevaced a cruise ship passenger Saturday approximately 72 miles south of Southwest Pass, Louisiana.

Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a call at approximately 8:48 a.m. stating a woman was experiencing internal bleeding like symptoms aboard the cruise ship Carnival Glory. 

Watchstanders coordinated the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew and diverted a Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew. The helicopter crew arrived on scene, hoisted the injured passenger and a Carnival Glory nurse, and transferred both to University Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.

"Year round training ensured an efficient and proper coordination for this medevac," said Chief Warrant Officer Tricia Elderedge, Sector New Orleans command duty officer. "We're glad we could safely transfer this patient to a higher level of medical care."

The woman was last reported in stable condition.

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