Monday, February 15, 2010

200 mile medivac to Dutch Harbor AK


Captains,

The M/V Stellar Harvest was 975 miles southwest of Dutch Harbor en route to Coos Bay, Ore., at the time a medical evacuation request came into the Coast Guard. Due to the range of the helicopters, the vessel altered course toward Dutch Harbor to close the distance. The weather on scene at the time of the hoist was 30 mph winds with 10 to 13 foot seas. Good coordination occurred between the ship's captain and Coast Guard to get the injured crew to a hospital in Dutch Harbor.

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KODIAK, Alaska – Two Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews conducted a medevac of a Filipino-crewman off the 656-foot Japanese-flagged cargo vessel Stellar Harvest 200 miles southwest of Dutch Harbor Saturday at 9:25 a.m.

Angelo Tomado, 30, reportedly suffered two broken arms when he fell 16 feet in a cargo hold Thursday. The master of the vessel contacted radio watchstanders at Communications Station Kodiak who relayed the request to search and rescue controllers at the Seventeenth Coast Guard District Command Center in Juneau. The vessel was 975 miles southwest of Dutch Harbor en route to Coos Bay, Ore., at the time of the request.


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