Sunday, July 2, 2023

CG medevacs recreational diver

NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard medevaced a recreational diver on July 1 about 35 miles south of Port Fourchon, La. 

The CG received a call at 2:30 p.m. from the offshore vessel Isabella Rose stating a 60-year-old male was experiencing decompression symptoms and needed medical assistance. 

The CG launched a New Orleans-based MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew that landed on a nearby offshore platform where the diver was located, onloaded the patient and transferred him to West Jefferson General Hospital in Marrero, La. 

The diver was last reported to be in stable condition. (Coast Guard 07/01/23)

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