A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevacs a 75-year-old female Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 from the cruise ship Carnival Pride approximately 300 miles east of Jacksonville, Florida. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Cmdr. George Menze)
MELBOURNE, Fla. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 75-year-old woman from a cruise ship, Tuesday 240 miles east of Jacksonville.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard 7th District received a notification at 5 a.m from the crew of the cruise ship Carnival Pride stating a female aboard was suffering an illness and required emergency medical assistance.
The watchstanders directed the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and an HC-130 Hercules aircraft crew to assist. The Jayhawk crew hoisted the patient and the ship’s nurse and took them to Holmes Regional Medical Center at 1:15 p.m.
