Coast Guard crew medically evacuates ill fishing vessel crewmember off Oregon Coast
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Coast Guard crew medically evacuates ill fishing vessel crewmember off Oregon Coast
The crew aboard the commercial fishing vessel Alaska Ocean prepares to launch its small boat to deliver an ill crewmember to an awaiting boat crew aboard a Coast Guard 47-foot Motor Life Boat from Station Chetco River 10 miles west of Brookings, Ore., Oct. 10, 2018. The chief engineer of the Alaska Ocean reportedly suffered a sudden loss of vision and was transported to emergency medical services on shore. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Moses Sardinha.
BROOKINGS, Ore. — The Coast Guard medically evacuated an ill crewmember off a commercial fishing vessel 10 miles west of Brookings, Wednesday afternoon.
A boat crew aboard a 47-foot Motor Life Boat from Station Chetco River safely conducted the medevac of the 59-year-old chief engineer aboard the fishing vessel Alaska Ocean, and transported him to shore for further medical care.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Carlos Sosa, a coxswain aboard a 47-foot Motor Life Boat from Station Chetco River maneuvers the MLB back to port after his crew medically evacuated an ill crewmember off the commercial fishing vessel Alaska Ocean 10 miles west of Brookings, Ore., Oct. 10, 2018. The ill engineer was safely brought aboard the 47-foot MLB and transported to emergency medical services.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Bend received notification of the ill engineer from a crewmember aboard the Alaska Ocean at 1:56 p.m. The engineer reportedly suffered a sudden loss of vision and anxiety. The sector’s flight surgeon recommended an immediate medevac, so the 47-foot MLB crew was launched to assist.
The current condition of the ill man is unknown at this time.
The Alaska Ocean can continue to operate as it had another crewmember holding a chief engineer certification aboard the vessel.
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