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U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Johanna Strickland.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew medevac a 45-year-old crewmember from an oil tanker 11 nautical miles offshore Port Aransas, Texas, Saturday.
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi command center watchstanders received a call at 4:23 p.m. from the crew of the Crudesun, an 820-foot oil tanker, stating a crew member was experiencing symptoms of a stroke. Watchstanders consulted with the duty flight surgeon, who recommended a medevac.
A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew was launched to conduct the medical evacuation.
Once on scene, the MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter aircrew deployed the rescue swimmer, hoisted the ailing man and transferred him to emergency medical service (EMS) personnel awaiting un CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital in Corpus Christi.
The oil tanker crewmember was hoisted and transported to CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital in Corpus Christi in stable condition.
U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alejandro Rivera.
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The patient was transferred in stable condition.
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