Dramatic USCG Medevac Rescue of Injured Crewmember Near Massachusetts

July 12, 2013

Cape Cod Today reported on July 1 that the US Coast Guard performed a very difficult medical evacuation of a 50-year-old crewmember from the OCEAN PROWLER fishing vessel after the man was reportedly suffering from chest pains and had been going in and out of consciousness for 15 minutes. The rescue was complicated by heavy fog and high seas, which aircraft commander Lieutenant Adam Davenport said resulted in 50-yard visibility from 3,500 feet to the surface of the water. The OCEAN PROWLER was approximately 60 miles east of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and the crewmember was taken to Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis.

Davenport told Cape Cod Today that this was the Coast Guard’s fifth hoist from the OCEAN PROWLER. “Communication was key,” Davenport said. “I am proud of the crew, everyone was on the same page giving input and being heard, especially Petty Officer Joseph Ivy, who’s first operational hoist saved a life tonight.”

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