LOS ANGELES – A Coast Guard crew from Air Station Los Angeles safely transported a man in need of medical attention from Catalina Island, Calif., Thursday night.
Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach received a call from Catalina Medical Clinic at 9:30 p.m., stating that a 59-year-old man was experiencing cardiac distress.
A Coast Guard flight surgeon recommended a medical evacuation to get the man advanced medical attention.
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Los Angeles, with a Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedic aboard, launched to conduct the transport.
The man was transported from Catalina Island to Torrance Memorial Medical Center in Torrance, Calif., at 11:15 p.m.
