Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Johanna Strickland
Photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Johanna Strickland
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, UNITED STATES
A Sector/ Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin aircrew transports a man to awaiting emergency medical services personnel at a Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi airfield Aug. 9, 2018. The man requested medical assistance after suffering from severe abdominal pains while working on a fishing vessel 17 miles southeast of Port Aransas, Texas.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard medevaced a 57 year-old-man from an 87-foot fishing vessel approximately 17 miles southeast of Port Aransas, Texas, Thursday afternoon.
Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders received a request for a medevac from the captain of the vessel Captain H.W. after a crewmember was reportedly suffering from abdominal pains. Watchstanders notified the duty flight surgeon who recommended the medevac.
An Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew arrived on scene, hoisted the crewmember and transported him to the airfield at Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi. Awaiting emergency medical services personnel received the man and transported him to CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Shoreline.
An Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew arrived on scene, hoisted the crewmember and transported him to the airfield at Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi. Awaiting emergency medical services personnel received the man and transported him to CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Shoreline.
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