PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., medevaced a crew member from the Coast Guard Cutter Northland, Wednesday.
Watchstanders at the Rescue Coordination Center in Portsmouth were contact by the crew of the Northland at 12:30 p.m., requesting the evacuation of a crew member who was suffering symptoms of appendicitis.
The crew member was transported to Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City, N.C., for treatment.