Monday, December 12, 2022

CG medevacs oil-rig worker

NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard medevaced a 60-year-old-male worker Dec. 12 from an oil rig 189 miles south of Port Fourchon, La. The CG got a call from Bristol Search and Rescue Services to medevac a worker experiencing stroke-like symptoms on an oil rig.  The CG launched an Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew and an Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew. The helicopter aircrew landed on the oil rig and transferred the worker to awaiting emergency services personnel at New Orleans' Louis Armstrong International Airport. The worker was last reported to be in stable condition. (Coast Guard 12/12/22)

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