Coast Guard aircrew medevacs 42-year-old woman off fishing vessel near Noyes Island, Alaska

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka medevacs an injured 42-year-old woman off a fishing vessel north of Noyes Island, Alaska, July 18, 2019. The woman had suffered a head injury while working aboard the fishing vessel Western Cruiser in the water west of the island. U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy Air Station Sitka.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley (archive).

JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard aircrew medevaced a 42-year-old woman off a fishing vessel near Noyes Island, Thursday.

The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka transported her to Sitka where they transferred the woman to waiting emergency medical service personnel, who took her to Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital for further care.

Around 11:40 a.m., Coast Guard Sector Juneau watchstanders received a call from Craig City Harbormaster staff, who stated a member of the crew was bleeding and in an out of consciousness after a blunt object impacted her head.

The Jayhawk crew was already airborne and was diverted based on new information.

A Craig City Harbormaster crew also responded aboard a 25-foot boat and met the crew of the Western Cruiser near Cape Ulitka on the north end of Noyes Island, followed shortly after by the Jayhawk crew.

“A harbormaster had gotten there before us and dropped off an EMT,” said Petty Officer 2nd Class Aaron Eckstein, rescue swimmer on the response. “So he had a chance to look her over and the bleeding was under control at that point.”

Eckstein evaluated her, and with her stable condition combined with fuel constraints the aircrew elected to conduct a basket hoist.

“Overall it was a very smooth hoist, and the crew members on board were very welcoming and helped out,” said Eckstein. “The crew assisted in getting her over to the basket and one of the crew members assisted with the trail line.”

After she was hoisted, the aircrew did a bear hook recovery of Eckstein and made the approximately hour long transit to Sitka.

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Coast Guard medevacs 2 burn victims from cruise ship off NC Coast

MH-60 Jayhawk ©USCG (archive)

PORTSMOUTH, V.a.—The Coast Guard medevaced two crewmembers who reportedly suffered from second-degree burns on the cruise ship Norwegian Escape approximately 24 miles southeast of Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, Monday evening.

A crewmember aboard the cruise ship contacted watchstanders at the Fifth District command center at 3:50 p.m. and reported that the two Filipino crewmen, 25 and 26 years of age, suffered the burns due to an accident in the engine room and needed medical attention.

Watchstanders at the Fifth District command center dispatched a Jayhawk MH-60 helicopter crew to assist. Once on scene, the aircrew hoisted up the two men, accompanied by a doctor, and transported them to the Rocky Mount-Wilson Regional Airport in Nash County, North Carolina, to meet awaiting EMS.

“Our crews train for a wide range of situations, so when we are contacted we are prepared to get people the help they need in a timely fashion," said Thomas A. Botzenhart, Fifth District search and rescue coordinator.

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Coast Guard rescues 4 fishermen 60 miles off Maine coast

The Air Station Cape Cod rescue aircrews and the rescued four fishermen from the fishing boat Aaron & Melissa II pose for a group photograph at Brunswick Executive Airport in Brunswick, Maine, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. The fishing crew abandoned ship about 60 miles off the coast of Rockland, Maine. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Kate Dacimo)

BOSTON — The Coast Guard rescued four fishermen Wednesday after abandoning their boat off the coast of Rockland, Maine.

The captain of the 76-foot fishing vessel Aaron & Melissa II radioed watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Northern New England at approximately 7:45 a.m., reporting the fishing boat was taking on water.

An HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft and MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrews launched from Air Station Cape Cod and located the raft and fishermen.

A rescue swimmer deployed from the helicopter and hoisted all four fishermen to the helicopter.

The aircrew landed at Brunswick Executive Airport in Brunswick, Maine, where they were met by emergency medical service personnel and transported to Mid Coast Hospital.

The fishermen were reported to be in good condition.

The weather was reported to have 20-foot seas, 30-knot winds, and the water temperature 50 degrees.

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Coast Guard medevacs cruise ship passenger 100 miles east of Cape Hatteras, NC

Video by U.S. Coast Guard District 5

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, medevacs a cruise ship passenger 100 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, June 7, 2018. The passenger was medevaced to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital from the Carnival Horizon after reporting appendicitis-like symptoms. (U.S. Coast Guard video, courtesy Air Station Elizabeth City/Released)

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a cruise ship passenger approximately 100 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, Thursday morning.

Watchstanders at the 5th District command center in Portsmouth received notification at approximately 7:15 p.m. Wednesday from the cruise ship Carnival Horizon's crew that a 33-year-old woman was suffering appendicitis-like symptoms and needed a medevac.

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, responded. Upon arrival, the helicopter crew hoisted the passenger and medevaced her to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk. 

"The Carnival Horizon diverted their course towards shore, which expedited our response time," said Lt. j.g. Daniel J. Dunn, command duty officer at the 5th District command center. "The success of this case was a result of exceptional coordination between the cruise ship, the command center and Air Station Elizabeth City."

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Coast Guard medevacs ill fisherman off the coast of Grays Harbor, Wash.

Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read

A Coast Guard aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, from Sector Columbia River, hoists an ill fisherman off the fishing vessel Kathy Ann 9 miles off the coast of Grays Harbor, Wash., June 4, 2018.

The 43-year-old fisherman was suffering from severe pain in the lower abdominal area and was transferred to local emergency medical services at Bowerman Airport in Hoquiam, Wash., in stable condition.

U.S. Coast Guard video by Sector Columbia River.

WARRENTON, Ore. — The Coast Guard conducted a medevac of an ill fisherman 9 miles off the coast of Grays Harbor, Washington, Monday afternoon.

The Coast Guard aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, from Sector Columbia River, successfully hoisted the 43-year-old ill fisherman, who was suffering severe pain in the lower abdomen, and delivered him to awaiting emergency medical services at the Bowerman Airport in Hoquiam, for further care.

Watchstanders in the Sector Columbia River Command Center received the medevac request at 12:57 p.m. from Station Grays Harbor and a walk-in reporting source at the station. Sector Columbia River command center personnel directed the launch of the Jayhawk aircrew and a boat crew on a 29-foot Response Boat – Small II from Station Grays Harbor.

The boat crew arrived on scene first at 1:26 p.m. and the aircrew arrived on scene with the Kathy Ann at 2:02 p.m. After the hoist was completed, the aircrew landed at the airport at 2:50 p.m. to transfer the patient.

The condition of the patient was stable at the time of transfer to EMS.

The on scene conditions offshore with the fishing vessel Kathy Ann were 3-foot seas and 10 mph winds.

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