Coast Guard rescues crewmember 40 miles offshore Destin, Fla.

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 01/16/2023 11:20 AM EST

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Coast Guard rescues crewmember 40 miles offshore Destin, Fla.

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard rescued a 39-year-old male crewmember approximately 40 miles offshore Destin, Florida, Sunday. 

Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders received a distress call over VHF-FM channel 16 at 11:15 a.m. from the crew aboard the motor vessel No Pressure stating a crewmember was suffering from heart attack-like symptoms.

Watchstanders coordinated the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew and a Coast Guard Station Destin 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew to assist.

Meanwhile, a Coast Guard Aviation Training Center HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew self-diverted from a training mission to establish radio communication with the No Pressure. 

Emergency medical services personnel accompanying the boatcrew arrived on scene and recommended not hoisting the crewmember to a helicopter.

The boatcrew received the crewmember and transferred him to an awaiting ambulance at Station Destin.

The crewmember was last reported to be in stable condition. 

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