NEW YORK – A Coast Guard Station Fire Island boatcrew medevacs a person in distress on April 9, 2017. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo)
NEW YORK – A Coast Guard boatcrew medically evacuated a 48-year-old man who was knocked unconscious due to a fall on Sunday morning three miles south of Bellport Bay, New York.
At approximately 8:30 a.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound received a distress call on channel-16 from the captain of an 80-foot fishing vessel stating a crewman aboard was found face-down and unconscious.
A conference call was conducted with the on-call surgeon who recommended a medevac within a three hour window.
The command center launched a rescue crew from Coast Guard Station Fire Island aboard a 47-foot Motor Life Boat at 9:15 a.m. West Islip EMS also came aboard to assist with the medevac.
The boatcrew arrived on scene at 10:30 a.m. where the patient was transferred to the life boat.
The crew arrived back at the station at approximately 12:15 p.m., where he was transferred to an ambulance and then on to Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip, New York.
The man’s current condition is unknown.
