Archive image: A Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco MH-65 Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter conducts a search and rescue exercise with the Army Corps of Engineers’ vessel John A. B. Dillard near Point Reyes, California, April 25, 2023.
On April 25, 2023 a joint Mass Rescue Operation (MRO) was conducted off Bodega Bay which simulated a explosion and evacuation aboard the Army Corps of Engineers vessel, which played the roll of a cruise ship.
U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Hunter Schnabel.
SAN FRANCISCO — A Coast Guard MH-65E Dolphin aircrew rescue (medically evacuated) a 76-year-old man from a cruise ship approximately 74 nautical miles southwest of Monterey Bay. Tuesday, February 6, 2024.
U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders were contacted by Cruise Ship Crown Princess crewmembers requesting a medical evacuation (medevac) for a man requiring medical assistance.
The Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders inmediately launched a Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco MH-65E Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew to assist.
Once on scene, the MH-65 Dolphin SRR Helicopter aircrew deployed the rescue swimmer, hoisted the injured man and transported him back to awaiting emergency medical services (EMS) personnel at Monterey Airport.
The man was transported to Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, and was last reported to be in stable condition.
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