Archive image: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – An HH-65C Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Corpus Christi conducts rescue hoist training over the Gulf of Mexico Nov. 9, 2006.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Eggers.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Coast Guard MH-65E Dolphin aircrew medevac one ailing crewman from an oil platform approximately 130 nautical miles south of Brownsville, Texas. Wednesday, January 24, 2024.
Coast Guard 8th District command center watchstanders received a call at 4 p.m. from personnel aboard the Shell Perdido oil platform stating a 28-year-old crewman had suffered an allergic reaction.
The Coast Guard Heartland watchstanders consulted with the duty flight surgeon, who recommended a medical evacuation.
An MH-65 Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew and HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew from Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi launched to assist.
The MH-65E Dolphin SRR helicopter aircrew arrived on scene at 7 p.m., lands on the oil platform heliport, took aboard the crewman and transported him to Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport. Emergency medical services (EMS) personnel then transported the patient to a local hospital in stable condition.
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The man had reportedly suffered an allergic reaction, but was in stable condition.
U.S. Coast Guard video by Chief Petty Officer Corinne Zilnicki.
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