Archive image: A MH-65E Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Houston prepares to land on the flight deck of USCGC Mohawk (WMEC 913) in Abidjan, Cotê d’Ivoire, Aug. 12, 2022.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jessica Fontenette.
HOUSTON — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin aircrew medevac a 43-year-old woman from an oil tanker 55 nautical miles south of Lake Charles, Louisiana. Friday, July 21, 2023.
Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a call from a man aboard a 22-foot pleasure craft on VHF-FM channel 16 at 3:03 p.m. that his wife was displaying symptoms of a heat stroke.
Watchstanders issued a urgent marine information broadcast. A nearby vessel, Stolt Perseverance, overheard the broadcast and moored alongside the pleasure craft and transported her onto their ship where she received medical attention from a physician aboard.
A Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65E Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew was launched to conduct the medical evacuation.
The MH-65 Dolphin SRR helicopter crew arrived on scene, deployed the rescue swimmer, hoisted the passenger and transported her to the Chennault Airport where local emergency medical services (EMS) personnel picked her up and took her to a local hospital.
She was reported to be in stable condition.
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The rescue helicopter crew transported her to the Chennault Airport where local EMS picked her up and took her to a local hospital in stable condition.
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