APRIL 2, 2015
WARRENTON, OREGON
Coast Guard air and small-boat crews medevaced a man
experiencing the symptoms of a possible heart attack about 12 miles
northwest of Westport, Washington, Wednesday morning.
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria, Oregon,
safely hoisted the man and transported him to Columbia Memorial Hospital
at 11:25 a.m.
The operator of the charter vessel Tequila Too contacted Coast Guard
Sector Columbia River, in Warrenton, at about 9:30 a.m., reporting a
53-year-old passenger was having a medical emergency. After consultation
with the duty flight surgeon, watchstanders directed the launch of the
Warrenton-based aircrew and a small-boat crew aboard a 47-foot Motor
Life Boat from Station Grays Harbor in Westport.
After arriving on scene with the charter vessel, two EMT-qualified MLB
crew members went aboard to provide medical assistance. The aircrew
safely hoisted the man aboard the Jayhawk at about 10:40 a.m. Based on
the man’s condition, the aircrew landed on the field adjacent to the
hospital and transferred him to the emergency room for further
treatment.
“Initially we were planning on transporting the man to Oregon Health and
Science University Hospital in Portland," said Lt. Christopher Morris,
operations unit at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River. "Based on his
condition, the aircrew made the decision to get him to an appropriate
level of care as fast as possible."
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A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevacs a man from motor
vessel Houston Express off the North Carolina coast Thursday, April 2,
2015.
The crew aboard Houston Express spotted the man on a disabled sailing
vessel and took him aboard approximately 200 miles east of Cape
Hatteras.
U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Elizabeth City