Archive image: An MH-65 Dolphin from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point hovers over the waters off the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii.
Air Station Barbers Point conducted rescue swimmer training, with a Coast Guard contracted vessel on December 5, 2023.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Robertson.
HONOLULU – A Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point MH-65E Dolphin aircrew medevac an ailing fisherman from a commercial fishing vessel 78 nautical miles offshore Kahului, Maui. Tuesday, October 22, 2024.
Coast Guard Sector Honolulu command center watchstanders received a medevac request at 4:57 p.m. Monday from personnel aboard the 70-foot fishing vessel Pacific Dragon II, who stated a crewmember was experiencing abdominal pain.
Coast Guard watchstanders consulted with the duty flight surgeon, who inmediately recommended the medical evacuation.
A Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point MH-65E Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew was launched and rendezvoused with the Pacific Dragon II about 78 nautical miles northeast of Kahului.
Personnel from the Pacific Dragon II stated that the crew member was experiencing abdominal pain.
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The MH-65 Dolphin SRR Helicopter aircrew arrived on scene at 4:03 a.m., deployed the rescue swimmer, safely hoist the patient and transported him to Maui Memorial Medical Center in Wailuku, Hawaii.
He is reportedly in stable condition.
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