BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard medevaced a 63-year-old woman suffering chest pains approximately 47 miles off Ocean City, Maryland, Friday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region received an emergency call by marine band radio at about 7 a.m., stating a woman was suffering from a possible heart attack aboard a charter fishing vessel.
An MH-65 Dolphin Rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Atlantic City and a 47-foot Motor Life Boat rescue crew from Coast Guard Station Ocean City launched to assist.
The rescue helicopter crew hoisted the woman aboard and transferred her to awaiting emergency medical personnel at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Maryland.
“These boaters did the right thing by contacting the Coast Guard with a radio when they suspected something was wrong,” said Petty Officer 1st Class Kayla Gamester, a watchstander at Sector Maryland-National Capital Region. “Rescues on the water can be complex and the sooner we are contacted, the faster we can respond—using a radio allows us to maintain contact and to get to an accurate location quickly.”
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ReplyDeleteThank God they didn't drop her off with morons at the Ocean City Fire Department, she would have died.
ReplyDeleteyea, i suspect a radio is much faster then smoke signals
ReplyDeleteWhy would anyone take a woman out on a boat?
ReplyDeletethank God for the coast guard...
ReplyDeleteI wonder if her health insurance is going to pay for that air ambulance ride?
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