Archive image: Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin aircrews performs an area of responsibility formation flight over the Houston Ship Channel in Houston, Texas, March 11, 2022.
The Air Station regularly conducts AOR runs to keep crews, familiar with the area.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Alejandro Rivera.
HOUSTON — A Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65E Dolphin aircrew medevac a 36-year-old woman from a jetty in Galveston, Texas. Monday, October 14, 2024.
Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a medevac request at 3:49 p.m. from Galveston Emergency Medical Services (EMS) stating a 36-year-old woman sustained an injury to her leg.
The duty flight surgeon was consulted and recommended a medical evacuation.
Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders coordinated the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65E Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew to conduct the medical evacuation mission.
The rescue aircrew arrived on-scene, hoisted the the woman aboard the helicopter, and transported her he University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in stable condition.
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The MH-65 Dolphin SRR Helicopter aircrew arrived on scene, deployed the rescue swimmer, hoisted the wounded woman and transported her to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in stable condition.
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