An Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoists an ailing passenger from a cruise ship approximately 70 miles east of Kodiak Island, July 22, 2015.
The 83 year-old man, along with a nurse from the ship, was transferred to awaiting emergency medical services at Air Station Kodiak.
U.S. Coast Guard video.
An Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew transfers a patient to emergency medical personnel after hoisting him from a cruise ship, July 22, 2015.
The 83 year-old man was suffering from symptoms of a heart attack aboard a Holland America cruise ship requiring a medevac for immediate medical attention.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Lauren Steenson.
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew medevaced an 83 year-old man experiencing symptoms of a possible heart attack aboard a cruise ship approximately 70 miles east of Kodiak Island, Wednesday.
The Jayhawk helicopter crew hoisted the man, along with a nurse from the ship, and transferred them to awaiting emergency medical services at Air Station Kodiak.
Watchstanders at the 17th District command center in Juneau received a report from the captain of the cruise ship Statendam of a passenger suffering a possible heart attack and requested assistance. The duty flight surgeon recommended medevac and the helicopter crew was dispatched to the scene."The Coast Guard is routinely called upon to conduct medevacs from cruise ships in Alaska," said Lt. Joey Schlosser, a Coast Guard 17th District operations unit watchstander. "Our hoist-capable helicopters allow us to transport patients and reduce the time it takes for them to receive medical care."
The weather at the time of the medevac was reported as 15 mph winds with 5-foot seas.