Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter file photo
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a 25-year-old man from a motor vessel 40 miles south of Southwest Pass, Louisiana, Thursday.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report at 12:20 p.m. about a crewmember aboard the motor vessel Elliot Cheramie who had sustained a head injury.
Watchstanders directed the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew at 12:51 p.m.
The aircrew arrived on scene, hoisted the survivor and transported him to University Medical Center in New Orleans.
The survivor was reported in stable condition.
