Coast Guard MH-65 helicopter file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Loumania Stewart
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard and San Francisco Fire Department medevaced a 29-year-old male off the general cargo vessel Johnelle at anchorage 9 in San Francisco, Friday.
Crew members from the general cargo vessel Johnelle contacted Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders at 12:15 p.m., reporting a crew member fell and needed medical assistance.
Sector San Francisco watchstanders dispatched a Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew.
The helicopter crew arrived on the scene at 1:55 p.m., lowered the rescue swimmer to the Johnelle, and determined the individual needed additional care before being medevaced.
The helicopter crew returned to Air Station San Francisco, picked up a San Francisco Fire Department paramedic, and returned to the Johnelle at 2:35 p.m.
The paramedic and Coast Guard rescue swimmer stabilized the patient, hoisted him into the helicopter, and transported him to Stanford Medical Center.
He was reported to be in stable condition.
