Archive image: U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Garett Nims, an aviation survival technician assigned to Air Station Barbers Point in Kapolei, Hawaii, sits in the doorway of an MH-65E Dolphin helicopter during training in Kaneohe, Hawaii, Dec. 8, 2025.
Coast Guard rescue swimmers are trained to operate in a variety of weather conditions including hurricanes and major storms.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Avery Tibbets.
HONOLULU — A Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point MH-65E Dolphin aircrew conducted the medevac of an ailing woman cruise ship passenger 92 nautical miles offshore Kauai. Tuesday, December 23, 2025.
The Air Station Barbers Point MH-65E Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew hoisted the 61-year-old patient experiencing septic shock and transported her safely to Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu.
Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu (JRCC) watchstanders received a phone call at 8:40 p.m. Sunday from the master of the Pacific World, a Japan-based cruise ship, requesting a medical evacuation for a passenger aboard the 857-foot vessel, which was 886 nautical miles west of Oahu.
After conferring with the duty flight surgeon, who recommended a medevac, watchstanders established regular communications with the vessel’s crew to monitor the patient’s status as the Pacific World proceeded toward Oahu.
The rescue helicopter aircrew transported the woman to Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu to receive medical treatment for septic shock.
U.S. Coast Guard video.
U.S. Coast Guard Oceania.
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point.
Inmediately a Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point MH-65E Dolphin SRR Helicopter aircrew was launched to perform the rescue mission.
The woman was reportedly in stable condition.
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