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Medevac off St. John's

A crew member of the "Santa Critstina" was in medical distress on Nov 30, 2018. SAR technicians with the Royal Canadian Air Force conducted the medical evacuation about 200 nautical miles off the coast of St. John's. The crews were dealing with swells of four to five metres. The JRCC in Halifax first got a call from a rescue centre in Lisbon on Nov 29 evening. The symptoms stabilized, and the JRCC in Boston asked the vessel to head toward St. John's, which was the nearest port. Eventually a Cormorant helicopter from 103 Squadron currently stationed in St. John's, and a Hercules aircraft from Greenwood, N.S., were sent on a medevac mission when the man's condition worsened. The man was safely transferred in St. John's to a waiting ambulance. Report with video: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/trawler-rescue-st-johns-coast-1.4931379