Archive image: A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Humboldt Bay lowers a rescue basket to a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew during a rescue training in Eureka, California.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Brandyn Hill.
MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. — A Coast Guard MH-65E Dolphin helicopter aircrew rescue (medevac) a man from Navy vessel 45 nautical miles off the Northern California coast. Wednesday, December 6, 2023.
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles – Long Beach watchstanders received a request from the USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) to medically evacuate a 40-year-old male who suffered a leg injury around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, approximately 180 nautical miles West of Santa Barbra.
As the USS John McCain continued transiting North throughout the night, Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay assumed the role of search and rescue coordinator around 7:40 a.m. on Wednesday.
Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay watchstanders then coordinated the launch of an MH-65E Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew around 10 a.m.
The MH-65 Dolphin SRR helicopter aircrew arrived on the scene, deployed the rescue swimmer, hoisted the passenger into the aircraft and headed to land to transfer him to emergency medical services (EMS) awaiting at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka around 12:25 p.m.
The patient is reported to be in a stable condition.
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