Coast Guard Humboldt Bay Medevacs Patient Off Navy Destroyer 45 miles West of Eureka
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Press release from the Coast Guard:
A Coast Guard helicopter aircrew medically evacuated one person during a rescue 45 miles off the Northern California coast, Wednesday.
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach watchstanders received a request from the “U.S.S. John S. McCain (DDG-56)” to medically evacuate a 40-year-old male who suffered a leg injury around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, approximately 180 miles West of Santa Barbra.
As the U.S.S. John McCain continued transiting North throughout the night, Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay assumed the role of search and rescue coordinator around 7:40 a.m. on Wednesday.
Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay watchstanders then coordinated the launch of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew around 10 a.m.
The aircrew arrived on-scene, hoisted the passenger into the helicopter, and transferred him to emergency medical services at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka around 12:25 p.m.
The patient is reported to be in a stable condition.
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That seems so sad that they waited until he was clear up here to evacuate him. State of the art medical facilities down there, and they bring him to St Joes? I hope he makes a complete recovery.
Yes, that didn’t make any sense.
They waited a whole day to evacuate him.
Silly.
But they must have had some logistical reason.
No, I’m ok.. just thought Santa Barbara, coupl’a nights, but .. i feel better now
Would be a trip to see the John McCain on the way to get some tuna.
Fantastic job, Coasites!
Our local Coast guard never cease to amaze me! Some good brave people right there!
Our men and women of the U.S. Coast Guard are just AWESOME! Their willingness to fly in extremely bad weather to help someone in need is wonderful. When I hear that a Coast Guard chopper is flying for a rescue mission, I pray that all will go well, and they will return home. I hope the sailor they brought back will make a complete recovery from their leg injury. May God Bless these brave souls.
Bravo Zulu USCG!
Good on the uscg, but….Is there not a capable surgeon/medical team on each of these destroyers? Imagine being on one of these floating death traps if a foreign country decides to launch a missile barrage your way… If the “leg injury” was so severe why didn’t the ship steer into nearest port or to an otherwise capable vessel instead of full-steaming north from Santa Barbara to humboldt? Join the navy, if you get slammed maybe the coast guard will be there to save you! SMH
Possibly in need of microsurgery that can be done better without the 15 foot seas and probably follow up PT and no need for a sailor taking up space on a tiny little destroyer if they are unfit for their duty.
DDG’s are not the biggest ships and have only limited space for a clinic/hospital, unlike aircraft carriers which are compact floating cities. No idea if the patient was OK, then got worse or what. Also, unlike reckless civilian auto drivers, ships must respond to ambient conditions of weather and sea. The U.S. Navy faces danger all the time. My time in the 7th Fleet in the Tonkin Gulf was a time of constant danger that our ordnance might detonate or a missile could zoom in. Not as bad as Army or Marines in battle, but dangerous nonetheless. “Floating death trap” is appropriate for an ammo ship. Search topics include “USS Franklin”, USS Cole. Original USS Mount Hood (WWII).
the USCG is terrific. Our joke was that you had to be at least 6’5” so you could wade ashore if the boat sank. Some guys facing the draft for ‘Nam joined the Coast Guard and wound up on a Patrol Boat River, brown water fleet, smack in the middle of it all.
Good job coastguard! On another note, I don’t really like the fact that we are involved in two military conflagrations around the world and there is a navy ship off our coast. Hopefully that ship will move on and park somewhere way out in the pacific
There’s ALWAYS a Navy ship off our coast. It’s the reason you’re not posting in Russian or Mandarin!
I’m agnostic on a good day, but you can thank your lucky stars or whatever that the U.S, Navy is off our coast and ON THE JOB every damn day and all night. Keep those conflagrations at bay and far away. Who do you think does that? The tooth fairy?
I spent some time on those USN ships and have nothing but good to say about our sailors and ships. I have been on the McCain and it is well suited for what its job is. They usually sail with a fleet, And at least one aircraft carrier with a surgeon who can handle a lot of emergencies but not all. You usually do not choose when or where accidents happen. If they are out at sea 45 miles they are on some kind of mission and their commanders want missions accomplished. So, if a person get hurts and the medic or Doctor on board can’t deal with it and no ship is around for extra help, they send the injured one to a port where they can get better medical care.