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Coast Guard MH-60T medevac man 220 nm south of Dutch Harbor

Coast Guard MH-60T medevac man 220 nm south of Dutch Harbor
Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Alex Morris, an aviation mechanical technician, hoists a 48-year-old man into an Air Station Kodiak MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter 220 nautical miles south of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, Jan. 11, 2023.
The Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medevac the patient from the 550-foot container ship FPMC 33 offshore Dutch Harbor and safely transported him back to Cold Bay for a wing-to-wing transfer with LifeMed Alaska personnel who transported the patient to a higher level of medical care.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Scott Kellerman.

KODIAK, Alaska –​ A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew, forward-deployed to Cold Bay, medevac a mariner from a vessel 220 nautical miles south of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, on Wednesday.

The MH-60T Jayhawk Medium-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew hoisted the 44-year-old man from the 550-foot container ship FPMC 33 and safely transported him back to Cold Bay for a wing-to-wing transfer with LifeMed Alaska personnel who then transported him to a higher level of medical care.​ ​

Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 17th​ District command center, in Juneau,​ received the initial request for the medevac on​ Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. from the vessel’s crew that a fellow crewmember had reportedly broken his legs.

Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 17th​ District command center​ requested the FPMC 33 meet the Air Station Kodiak aircrew at a rendezvous point approximately 220 nautical miles south of Dutch Harbor to safely embark the patient.​ ​

“Crewmembers aboard the FPMC 33 were able to stabilize the man as the ship transited to the rendezvous point,» said Master Chief Petty Officer Christopher Cole,​ Coast Guard 17th​ District​ command duty officer.​ “Through the coordination of Sector​ Anchorage​ watchstanders, Air Station Kodiak personnel, the FPMC 33 crew, and the LifeMed Alaska aircrew, we were able to quickly transport the man to a higher level of care.”

The patient was reportedly in stable condition during the time of the rescue.​

Conditions at the time of the rescue included 15-20 mph winds with gusts up to 30 mph, 10-foot seas, an air temperature of 33 degrees and a water temperature of 43 degrees.

-USCG-

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