HOUSTON — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dauphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter (SRR) aircrew medevac a 60-year-old man from a fishing vessel, Jennifer and David, 46 nautical miles offshore Cameron, Louisiana, yesterday Sunday morning.
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watchstanders received a medevac (medical evacuation) request by radio emergency channel from the fishing vessel Jennifer and David stating a crewmember had been severely injured. The watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and consulted with the duty flight surgeon who inmediately recommended the medical evacuation.
A Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter aircrew and a Station Sabine 45-foot Response Boat–Medium (RB-M) boat crew launched to assist the mariner.
The RB–M boat crew arrived on scene with the fishing vessel and embarked the crewmember. The crewmember was then hoisted by the MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew and transported to Chenault International Airport in Lake Charles, Louisiana, where emergency medical service (EMS) personnel were waiting.
Weather on-scene was reported as 8-foot seas and 34 mph winds.
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