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Language barrier hampered help for fallen passenger

The Coast Guard medevaced a 60-year-old man off the "Svendborg" approximately 30 miles east of Morehead City, North Carolina, on June 18, 2012. A member with the Ship Arrival Notification System called Coast Guard Sector North Carolina watchstanders at approximately 6:15 p.m. reporting that a passenger aboard the "Svendborg" had fallen and suffered head trauma. Crews aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City in Elizabeth City, N.C. and a 47-foot Motor Life Boat from Coast Guard Station Fort Macon in Fort Macon, N.C., launched to assist. Two crewmembers aboard the MLB boarded the "Svendborg" and a rescue swimmer from the Jayhawk was lowered to assist the injured man. The hoist proved to be more difficult than a typical one. Adding to the common difficulties and dangers of an evolution such as this, there was a language barrier making it tough to learn anything about the patient. The man was hoisted from the "Svendborg" to the Jayhawk and transported to Carteret General Hospital in Morehead City. Report with video: http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007/1476191/VIDEO-UPDATE-Coast-Guard-medevacs-man-approximately-30-miles-off-Morehead-City-NC

Issued distress signal

Issued distress signal at 0000 UTC Jan 23 in position 23-39.1N 039-39.1W, Atlantic ocean, en route from Ipswich UK to Georgetown Guyana. Character of distress is unknown.