Coast Guard medevacs diver near False Pass, Alaska
Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo by PA1 Kurt FredricksonANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard medevaced a man after a diving accident near False Pass, Thursday.
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew based out of Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak hoisted the man and brought him to receive medical care at Cold Bay Clinic in Cold Bay.
Coast Guard watchstanders in the 17th District command center...
Coast Guard conducts medical evacuations in New York and Michigan
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard conducted two separate medical evacuations; a woman aboard a tour boat near Alexandria Bay, New York, and a man involved in a diving accident near Saugatuck, Michigan, Saturday.
At about 11:30 a.m., a boat crew, aboard a 25-foot response boat from Coast Guard Station Holland, Michigan, and an air crew from Coast Guard Air Facility Muskegon, Michigan, responded to the...
Coast Guard, dive boat captains coordinate emergency planning
SAN PEDRO, Calif. — Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach hosted a symposium Nov. 14, 2011, designed to provide southern California dive boat captains and crew coordinated information, rescue protocols and best practices to follow should a diving accident occur.
The symposium provided a face-to-face opportunity for dive boat operators to ask questions and share professional concerns with industry...
Coast Guard and NOAA conduct diver emergency training
MIAMI — The Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration conducted a diving accident medical evacuation exercise in Biscayne Bay, Fla., Thursday at 10:45 a.m.
The simulation was centered on an unconscious diver. A NOAA boatcrew took the diver aboard their vessel and called the Coast Guard. Coast Guard Air Station Opa Locka launched a rescue helicopter crew who arrived on scene...
Coast Guard investigates diving incident
PENSACOLA, Fla. — The Coast Guard is investigating the cause of a diving incident in the Gulf of Mexico, Saturday.
Coast Guard Establishes Regional Dive Lockers
by Petty Officer 3rd Class Melissa Hauck
On Aug. 17, 2006, two active duty military members’ lives were cut short during a cold water familiarization diving accident in the Arctic aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy.
The Coast Guard initiated an immediate administrative and safety investigation into the circumstances which contributed and ultimately led up to the regrettable deaths.
In a statement...
