Coast Guard medevacs ill boater off NC coast

PORTSMOUTH, Va. &ampmdash An MH-sixty Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., medevaced a twenty five-yr-previous male from a recreational boat around 45 miles east of Oregon Inlet, N.C., Thursday.

At around 9 a.m. watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet received a report from a 26-foot satisfaction craft stating that there was a guy aboard displaying signs and symptoms of a stroke. The message was relayed by the crew of another satisfaction boat, the Assault Weapon, by means of VHF-FM radio channel 16.

The Jayhawk&amprsquos crew hoisted the guy aboard and transferred him to Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City.

&quotThanks to the very good Samaritan aboard the Assault Weapon acting as a radio relay and passing essential details about VHF-FM 16, we managed to find the guy in distress and transport him to the appropriate health care facility,&quot explained Lt. Kevin Sullivan of Coast Guard Sector North Carolina. &quotThis a excellent reminder of the relevance of monitoring VHF-FM 16 you in no way know when you can assist a fellow boater.&quot

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