Archive image: A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk assigned to Air Station Borinquen, carries an Aviation Survival Technician during a joint training exercise at Ponce, Puerto Rico, July 18, 2024.
The 892nd Multi-Role Bridge Company, 190th Engineer Battalion, 101st Troop Command, Puerto Rico Army National Guard, conducted water rescue training with the Coast Guard, enhancing readiness and interoperability for emergencies and natural disasters.
U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Felix Ortiz Rivera.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew conducted a medevac of a woman (passenger) from the cruise ship Carnival Vista approximately 45 nautical miles southwest of Mona Island, Puerto Rico. Thursday, November 7, 2024.
The patient was a 69-year-old woman, U.S. citizen, who experienced health complications and required a higher level of medical care ashore.
Coast Guard watchstanders in Sector San Juan received a communication from the Carnival Vista, Thursday afternoon, requesting a medical evacuation to transport the patient to a hospital in Puerto Rico.
Watchstanders coordinated arrangements and directed the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk Medium-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew to rendezvous with the cruise ship. Once on scene, the Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew deployed their rescue swimmer aboard the cruise ship, who prepared a rescue basket to hoist the patient’s spouse and cruise ship nurse, followed by a litter hoist of the patient aboard the aircraft.
The MH-60T Jayhawk MRR Helicopter aircrew transported the patient to the Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where awaiting local Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel received and transported her to the Centro Medico’ Hospital.
«This case required a significant amount of coordination and planning by everyone involved,» said Lt. Luke Dewhirst, Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk rescue Helicopter commander for the case. «Thanks to the Carnival Vista crew and Sector San Juan watchstanders for working with us to establish a rendezvous position amid inclement weather. Our crew performed phenomenally in conducting multiple challenging hoists to safely transport the patient to a higher level of care.»
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A Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew conducts the medical evacuation of a 69-yeal-old woman passenger from the cruise ship Carnival Vista, Nov. 7, 2024, approximately 45 nautical miles southwest of Mona Island, Puerto Rico.
The patient is U.S. citizen, who experienced health complications and was transported to the Centro Medico Hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico to receive a higher level of care.
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