STOLT PERSEVERANCE

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Medevac off Lake Charles

The US Coast Guard medevaced a 43-year-old woman from the 'Stolt Peserverance' 55 miles south of Lake Charles, Louisiana, on July 21, 2023. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a call from a man aboard a 22-foot pleasure craft on VHF-FM channel 16 at 3:03 p.m. that his wife was displaying symptoms of a heat stroke. Watchstanders issued a urgent marine information broadcast. The 'Stolt Perseverance' overheard the broadcast and moored alongside the pleasure craft and transported her onto their ship where she received medical attention from a physician aboard. A Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew launched to conduct the medevac.

Crew member burnt by venting steam

The US Coast Guard medevaced a 49-year-old crew member from a chemical tanker near Freeport in the evening of May 11, 2018. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a request from the captain of the chemical tanker for the medevac of a crew member who was reportedly burned by venting steam aboard the chemical tanker 48 miles offshore. A Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew arrived on scene, hoisted the crewmember and transported him to awaiting University of Texas Medical Branch personnel at Scholes International Airport at Galveston.