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Medevac off Galveston
A Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew hoisted a 49-year-old man from the "Oceanic Vega" in the morning of Sep 10, 2017, approximately 40 miles southeast of Galveston. At 4:15 a.m., medical personnel aboard the research/survey vessel contacted Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders to report that a crewmember was experiencing extreme lower back pain, labored breathing and in need of medical assistance. An Air Station Houston aircrew arrived on scene at 6:50 a.m. and hoisted the man off the vessel. At 7:08 a.m., the aircrew delivered the man to University of Texas Medical Medical Branch in Galveston where he was reported to be in stable condition.
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