Coast Guard medevacs man with heart attack symptoms off Galveston, Texas

HOUSTON, TX, UNITED STATES

03.28.2015

Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Kendrick 

U.S. Coast Guard District 8 PADET Houston

HOUSTON — A Coast Guard Air Station Houston aircrew flew about 5 miles off Galveston to medevac a 49-year-old man suffering from heart attack symptoms Saturday morning.

The crew of the offshore supply vessel Norman Commander contacted the Coast Guard at 8:07 a.m. and reported the Filipino man's chest pain and numbness in his arm. Coordinating with a Coast Guard flight surgeon, it was determined that the man needed to be medevaced immediately.

Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders sent the MH-65 Dolphin aircrew to recover the man. They arrived at 8:57 a.m. and lowered the rescue swimmer to the deck of the ship. After landing and picking the man up, they transported him to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.

He was delivered to UTMB at 9:26 a.m. and was reported to be in stable condition.

• Date Taken: 03.28.2015
• Date Posted: 03.28.2015 18:32
• Story ID: 158471
• Location: HOUSTON, TX, US