Coast Guard aircrew medevacs ill fisherman 45 miles off Oregon Coast

Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read

A Coast Guard aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter hoists an ill fisherman off the charter vessel Ultra, 45 miles off the northern Oregon Coast, July 22, 2018.

The ill fisherman was experiencing a rapid heart rate and a medical evacuation was recommended by a Coast Guard flight surgeon.

Photos by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read

A Coast Guard Sector Columbia River aircrew consisting of pilots Lt. Cmdr. James Hannam and Lt. Derrick Rockey, Petty Officer 2nd Class Nick Davis, flight mechanic, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Colton Troutway, aviation survival technician, transfer a patient to MEDIX paramedics at the sector's base, July 22, 2018.

The patient was medically evacuated off a charter fishing vessel 45 miles off the northern Oregon Coast after experiencing a rapid heart rate.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read.

WARRENTON, Ore. — A Coast Guard aircrew medically evacuated an ill fisherman off a charter vessel 45 miles off the northern Oregon Coast, Sunday afternoon.

An aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk from Sector Columbia River safely hoisted the 28-year-old male, who reportedly experienced a rapid heart rate, and transferred him to MEDIX paramedics at the sector’s base.

Sector Columbia River watchstanders received a medical evaluation request from the captain of the vessel Ultra for one of his passengers at 12:20 p.m. After consulting with the flight surgeon, a medevac was recommended, and a Jayhawk aircrew was launched. The aircrew arrived on scene at 1:20 p.m. and conducted the hoist.

The transferred the patient at 2:22 p.m. The condition of the fisherman is unknown at this time. The paramedics transported the fisherman to Columbia Memorial Hospital for higher-level medical care.

The on scene sea and weather conditions included 6-foot seas and 20 mph winds.

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Coast Guard rescues 5 kayakers near Cape Disappointment State Park

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WARRENTON, Ore. — The Coast Guard rescued three children and two adults who capsized while kayaking near Waikiki Beach in Cape Disappointment State Park in, Ilwaco, Washington, Wednesday afternoon.

All five individuals, who were wearing lifejackets, were safely rescued and transported to Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment in Ilwaco, and were transferred to emergency medical services for further care at Ocean Beach Hospital.

Watchstanders in the Coast Guard Sector Columbia River command center received a relay call from Pacific County 911 dispatch reporting at least one person in the water. The watchstanders directed the launch of rescue crews aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Sector Columbia River, and a 29-foot Response Boat-Small II from Station Cape Disappointment.

All five persons were out of the water and delivered to EMS by 3:17 p.m. The boat crew aboard the rescue boat rescued two children and two adults and the Jayhawk aircrew rescued one child.

On scene at Waikiki Beach there were reported two-foot swells and the water temperature was 58 degrees.

The conditions of all five individuals are unknown at this time, but they were in stable condition with no visual injuries when they were transferred to EMS.

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Coast Guard rescues 11 from plane crash near Ketchikan, Alaska

KETCHIKAN, AK, UNITED STATES

07.10.2018

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U.S. Coast Guard District 17

Two Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews rescue 11 people after a float plane crashed 39 miles south southwest of Ketchikan, Alaska, on Prince of Wales Island, July 10, 2018. All 11 people were taken to a staging area nearby for further transfer to Ketchikan. 

Coast Guard, good Samaritan rescue 2 after boat capsizes

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FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan rescued two boatersThursday after their 25-foot boat capsized 50 miles west of Naples.

Rescued were Frederick Cunningham, 42, and James Nipper, 48.

At 5:56 a.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg received a Mayday via VHF-FM radio channel 16 from a man stating, "Mayday, Mayday - this is the vessel..." but the transmission was lost. Two additional calls from the same man were received but no usable information could be heard. 

Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast and launched an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew and HC-130 Hercules airplane crew, fromAir Station Clearwater, and a boatcrew aboard a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Station Fort Myers Beach. 

At 7:48 a.m., Coast Guard Seventh District command center watchstanders received an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon alert from the 25-foot commercial fishing boat.

The Hercules aircrew spotted two boaters clinging to the hull of their boat at 8:03 a.m. The Hercules aircrew remained on scene until a good Samaritan aboard the commercial fishing boat, Denise Marie II, responded to the UMIB and rescued the two boaters from the water. The Denise Marie II crew transferred the two boaters to their sister ship, the commercial fishing boat "Father and Son".

The Station Fort Myers RBM boatcrew transferred the boaters from the "Father and Son" to the RBM and transported the boaters to Pelican Pier Marina with no reported injuries.

“The MAYDAY and EPIRB were both critical to finding and rescuing these two boaters, said Lt. j.g. Diane French, watchstander at Sector St. Petersburg's command center. "The MAYDAY gave us the initial notification of distress, but not all radio transmissions—particularly those so far offshore—provide us with an exact fix or line of bearing. In this case, without either, the search area was very large. The subsequent EPIRB activation was the key to narrowing down the area and giving the aircraft a more precise location to search.”

An EPIRB sends a boater's position to rescue personnel once activated in an emergency and the Coast Guard recommends all mariners have one aboard their boat.

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