Office of External Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard

Date: Aug. 22, 2008

Contact:  Lt.j.g. Michael Carroll
(504) 393-6032

Coast Guard medevacs injured crewman 

NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard medevaced a 45-year-old man today from an oil platform located approximately 50 miles southeast of New Orleans in Breton Sound.

Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans received the call at approximately 11:25 a.m. from Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, reporting that a crewman aboard a vessel was experiencing heart attack symptoms and required medical evacuation.

Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans launched a HH-65C rescue helicopter and crew to the scene and safely transported the crewman to West Jefferson Hospital.

The condition of the crewman is unknown.

***EDITOR'S NOTE: No video is available***

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