Archive image: U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Josh Trommer, left, an Aviation Maintenance Technician assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Houston, connects the hoisting sling to the helicopter cargo hook during vertical replenishment (VERTREP) operations with the MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew aboard the Famous-class medium endurance cutter USCGC Mohawk (WMEC 913) while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, Aug. 7, 2022.
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HOUSTON — A Coast Guard MH-65E Dolphin aircrew medevac a diver (male) who became ill while diving approximately 100 nautical miles south of Galveston, Texas. Saturday, August 5, 2023.
Coast Guard 8th District watchstanders received a cell phone call at 9:30 a.m. from the captain of a dive boat stating a 29-year-old man was exhibiting symptoms of decompression sickness. Coast Guard watchstanders consulted with the duty flight surgeon, who recommended the medical evacuation (medevac).
An MH-65E Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Houston diverted from training and an already airborne HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi to assist.
The MH-65 Dolphin SRR helicopter aircrew arrived on scene at 11:20 a.m. and inmediately deployed the rescue swimmer to hoisted the ailing man and transported him to Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center in Houston.
The diver was last reported to be in stable condition.
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The man was brought to Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston, where he was last reported to be in stable condition.
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