NAWC-38

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Medevac off Cape Hatteras

The US Coast Guard medevaced a man from athe "NAWC 38" 160 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, on July 22, 2017. At 3:05 p.m. on July 21, watchstanders in the 5th Coast Guard District Command Center in Portsmouth received notification from the Navy offshore supply ship that a 60-year-old male crew member was in need of medical care 400 miles southeast of Wilmington, North Carolina. The ship’s master reported that the man had been found unconscious, was revived with an automated external defibrillator and had a weak pulse. Command Center watchstanders directed the crew of the 192-foot offshore supply vessel to transit to a rendezvous point closer to shore and communicated hourly with the ship’s medical personnel. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew launched from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, at 8:00 a.m. today and met the NAWC 38 about 160 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras at 9:50 a.m. The helicopter crew then hoisted the man and transported him to Wilmington International Airport by noon, where EMS personnel transferred him to New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington.