33-foot Special Purpose Craft-Law Enforcement file photo
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard medevaced a woman from a charter fishing vessel Friday 20 miles northeast of South Padre Island, Texas.
Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi command center watchstanders received notification at 6:38 p.m. from the crew aboard the charter fishing vessel Miss Mona stating a 63-year-old woman had shallow breathing and was intermittently unconscious. Watchstanders consulted with the duty flight surgeon, who recommended a medevac.
A Coast Guard Station South Padre Island 33-foot Special Purpose Craft–Law Enforcement boat crew launched to conduct the medevac.
The SPC–LE crew arrived on scene, took aboard the woman and family member and transferred them to emergency medical services personnel waiting at Station South Padre Island. EMS personnel transported the patient to Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville, Texas.
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