Archive image: A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk assigned to Air Station Borinquen, prepares to take off at Ponce, Puerto Rico, July 18, 2024.
The 892nd Multi Role Bridge Company, 190th Engineer Battalion, 101st Troop Command Puerto Rico Army National Guard, conducted water rescue training with the Coast Guard, enhancing readiness and interoperability for emergencies and natural disasters.
U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Estefanie Lopez.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico. — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medevac a woman (passenger) from the cruise ship Celebrity Apex approximately 140 nautical miles northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Monday, December 2, 2024.
The patient was a 64-year-old woman, U.S. citizen, experiencing an abdominal medical emergency which required a higher level of medical care ashore.
Coast Guard watchstanders at Sector San Juan received a communication from the Celebrity Apex Monday morning notifying the medical emergency and requesting a medical evacuation to a higher level of care.
Watchstanders coordinated arrangements and directed the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk Medium-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew to rendezvous with the cruise ship. Once on scene, the Coast Guard helicopter aircrew deployed their rescue swimmer aboard the cruise ship, who used a rescue basket to hoist the patient, her spouse and the cruise ship nurse aboard the aircraft.
The patient, a 64-year-old woman and U.S. citizen, who was experiencing a medical emergency and was transported along with her husband and the cruise ship nurse to San Juan, Puerto Rico to receive a higher level of care. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel completed the transport of the patient to a local hospital.
U.S. Coast Guard video.
U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Juan.
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen.
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The Coast Guard aircrew transported the patient to the Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where awaiting local emergency medical services (EMS) personnel received and transported her to the local “Centro Medico” Hospital.
«Thanks to the outstanding coordination between Sector San Juan, the crew of the Celebrity Apex and our team at Air Station Borinquen, we were able to safely conduct the hoist and transport of three individuals from the cruise ship,” said Lt. William Boardman, Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk MRR Helicopter commander for the case. “The patient was successfully transferred to EMS and transported to a higher level of care, and I’m proud of the professionalism displayed throughout the mission.”
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