A Coast Guard Station Grand Isle 45-foot Response Boat – Medium file photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Bill Colclough.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a call on Channel 16 at 3:06 a.m. from the fishing vessel Elvidlong requesting a medevac for a crewmember aboard who sustained injuries to one of his hands.
Sector New Orleans watchstanders coordinated the launch of a Coast Guard Station Grand Isle Response Boat-Medium boat crew to assist.
The boat crew arrived on scene, embarked the man aboard the RB-M and transferred him to awaiting emergency medical services personnel at Coast Guard Station Grand Isle.
The man was taken to University Medical Center where he was last reported to be in stable condition.
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