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Coast Guard medevac crewmember from Yang Ming Unanimity, a 1092-foot container ship, 6 miles from San Francisco Bay

Coast Guard medevac crewmember from Yang Ming Unanimity, a 1092-foot container ship, 6 miles from San Francisco Bay. MH-65 Dolphin San Francisco
A Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew prepares to conduct a medevac at Air Station San Francisco in San Francisco, California, April 4, 2020. The crew prepared to launch after receiving a report of a 32-year old container ship crewmember sustaining a significant injury.
U.S. Coast Guard photo.

SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard medevac a 32-year-old Taiwanese national, from the container ship Yang Ming Unanimity, approximately six miles from the San Francisco Bay the Friday evening. This medical evacuation is not related to COVID-19.

San Francisco Vessel Traffic Service personnel contacted with Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders, reporting a crewmember of the Yang Ming Unanimity, a 1092-foot container ship, had fallen and struck his head on the ship’s radar mast creating a laceration on his forehead as the vessel was making its way toward its next port call in Japan.

Sector San Francisco​ watchstanders​ launched a Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew to medevac the injuries crewmember.

Coast Guard medevac crewmember from Yang Ming Unanimity, a 1092-foot container ship, 6 miles from San Francisco Bay. MH-65 Dolphin San Francisco
A Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew approaches the Yang Ming Unanimity, a 1092-foot container ship, to conduct a medevac near the San Francisco Bay in San Francisco, California, April 4, 2020. The crew successfully medevaced a 32-year-old Taiwanese national from the container ship approximately 6 miles from the San Francisco Bay.
U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Once on scene, the MH-65 Dolphin crew lowered the rescue swimmer to the container ship to assess the man. The helicopter crew then lowered a rescue basket to hoist the crewmember into the helicopter and transported him to Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto.

The man was reported to be in stable condition.

-USCG-

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