Coast Guard medevacs injured man from fishing vessel

Courtesy Photo | A Coast Guard MH-65C Dolphin rescue helicopter and crew circle over a fishing vessel where a crew member sustained a head injury 10 miles south of Houma, La. Feb. 5. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Jace Bourgeois)  

NEW ORLEANS

02.05.2010

Courtesy Story

U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard medevaced a man with a severe injury to his face off a fishing vessel 10 miles south of Houma, La. in the Gulf of Mexico, Feb. 5.

Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report from the master of the fishing vessel Bao Hung that a crew member had received a severe injury to the face from a pipe and requested a medevac for the injured man.

Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans launched an MH-65C Dolphin rescue helicopter and crew to assist. The crew arrived, hoisted the crew member and transported him to Terrebone General Hospital.

• Date Taken: 02.05.2010
• Date Posted: 02.05.2010 19:42
• Story ID: 45003
• Location: NEW ORLEANS