A Coast Guard Sector/Air Station MH-65 Dolphin aircrew transports a 53-year-old man to awaiting emergency medical services personnel Aug. 9, 2018. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Johanna Strickland
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard medevaced a 57 year-old-man from an 87-foot fishing vessel approximately 17 miles southeast of Port Aransas, Texas, Thursday afternoon.
Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders received a request for a medevac from the captain of the fishing vessel Captain H.W. after a crewmember was reportedly suffering from abdominal pains. Watchstanders notified the duty flight surgeon who recommended the medevac.
An Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew arrived on scene, hoisted the crewmember and transported him to the airfield at Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi. Awaiting emergency medical services personnel received the man and transported him to CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Shoreline.
