Coast Guard medevacs injured fisherman

BOSTON — Coast Guard emergency crews medically evacuated an injured fisherman near Gloucester Saturday.

A Station Gloucester boat crew was nearby on patrol when they received a call from the Sector Boston Command Center stating the operator aboard the fishing vessel Webb II had suffered a severe hand injury and was requesting medical attention.

The Coast Guard crew diverted the 29-foot Response Boat Small to the scene. They arrived along side the Webb II, transferred the man aboard the small boat and rushed him ashore. He was transferred to an awaiting ambulance crew at the Station Gloucester pier who took him to Massachusetts General Hospital for further treatment.

“A short transit time is always ideal in an emergency,” said Lt. j.g. Dana Grady, an operations unit coordinator at the 1st Coast Guard District Command Center in Boston. "Our boat crew was in an optimal position to respond – and they did so quickly and expertly.”
 

BOSTON — Coast Guard emergency crews medically evacuated an injured fisherman near Gloucester Saturday.

A Station Gloucester boat crew was nearby on patrol when they received a call from the Sector Boston Command Center stating the operator aboard the fishing vessel Webb II had suffered a severe hand injury and was requesting medical attention.

The Coast Guard crew diverted the 29-foot Response Boat Small to the scene. They arrived along side the Webb II, transferred the man aboard the small boat and rushed him ashore. He was transferred to an awaiting ambulance crew at the Station Gloucester pier who took him to Massachusetts General Hospital for further treatment.

“A short transit time is always ideal in an emergency,” said Lt. j.g. Dana Grady, an operations unit coordinator at the 1st Coast Guard District Command Center in Boston. "Our boat crew was in an optimal position to respond – and they did so quickly and expertly.”

 

Coast Guard Medevacs Injured Fisherman









Coast Guard Medevacs Injured Fisherman

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., medevaced an injured fisherman, 37-miles east of Oregon Inlet N.C., this afternoon.

Alex Valero, a 43-year-old Honduran man, working onboard the Erin Renee, an 83-foot commercial fishing vessel, was medevaced by a Coast Guard helicopter crew after suffering an eye injury.


Valero was flown to the Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, in Norfolk, Va., for treatment.


“Conditions today were very good for a rescue. We had good communications with the vessel and their crew was very helpful in ensuring a safe hoist from the ship to the helicopter,” said Lt. Andrew Schanno, a pilot from today’s rescue.


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Coast Guard Medevacs Injured Fisherman

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., medevaced an injured fisherman, 37-miles east of Oregon Inlet N.C., this afternoon.

Alex Valero, a 43-year-old Honduran man, working onboard the Erin Renee, an 83-foot commercial fishing vessel, was medevaced by a Coast Guard helicopter crew after suffering an eye injury.


Valero was flown to the Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, in Norfolk, Va., for treatment.


“Conditions today were very good for a rescue. We had good communications with the vessel and their crew was very helpful in ensuring a safe hoist from the ship to the helicopter,” said Lt. Andrew Schanno, a pilot from today’s rescue.


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