Coast Guard medevac injured crewmember 39 nm offshore Port Aransas

Coast Guard medevac injured crewmember 39 miles offshore Port Aransas Texas. MH-65 Dolphin Air Station Corpus Christi. — Archive image: one of Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, MH-65 Dolphin helicopters.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by PA2 James Dillard.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard medevaced a crewmember from the tanker Cap Guillaume approximately 39 miles offshore Port Aransas, Texas, Wednesday afternoon.

Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders received a request for medevac from the captain of the Cap Guillaume for a crewmember who suffered an arm injury. Watchstanders consulted with the duty flight surgeon who recommended the medevac.

A Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew was launched to the scene and hoisted the injured crewmember from the vessel. The patient was transported to CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christ – Shoreline where he was reported to be in stable condition.

Coast Guard medevac injured crewmember 39 miles offshore Port Aransas Texas. HH-65C Dolphin Air Station Corpus Christi. — Archive image: an HH-65C Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Corpus Christi conducts rescue hoist training over the Gulf of Mexico Nov. 9, 2006.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by PA2 Adam Eggers.

«The ship’s crew was well prepared for our arrival, which expedited the hoist,» said Lt. Chris Zink, Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin aircraft commander. «We were glad we could get the crewmember to the hospital quickly so he could receive the medical attention he needed.»

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