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Coast Guard medevac vessel crewmember 7 miles offshore Corpus Christi, Texas

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Coast Guard medevac vessel crewmember 7 miles offshore Corpus Christi, Texas. MH-65 Dolphin Sector Air Station Corpus Christi. HH-65 Dolphin.
Archive image: the crew of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from U.S. Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi «rescues» Chief of Naval Air Training Rear Adm. Greg Harris during a search-and-rescue demonstration as part of the Wings Over South Texas Air Show, April 13. More than 15 aviation acts performed during the show including the Navy Flight Demonstration Team the Blue Angels. Chief of Naval Air Training is responsible for the aviation training for all Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard pilots, naval flight officers, and naval aircrewmen.
U.S. Navy photo by Anne Owens.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas​ —​ The Coast Guard medevac a crewmember from the offshore support vessel Citation approximately seven miles offshore Corpus Christi, Texas, Thursday afternoon.

Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders received a​ request for medevac for a 45-year-old male who was experiencing arm pain and shortness of breath.​ Watchstanders consulted with the duty flight surgeon who recommended the medevac and immediately launched an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew to scene.

«We are grateful we were able to get the mariner to the medical attention he needed,» said Lt. Jake Conrad, Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin aircraft commander. «It was a team effort between​ both crews involved.»

A Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew was launched to the scene and hoisted the crewmember from the vessel.​ The patient was transported to EMS of CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christ – Shoreline.

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