According to the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watchstanders received a notification at 5:46 a.m. that a 50-year-old oil rig crewman was experiencing symptoms of cardiac arrest and needed medical assistance. Watchstanders consulted with the duty flight surgeon, who recommended a medevac.
– A crewmember on an oil rig located 88 miles off the coast of Freeport was flown to a hospital after experiencing symptoms of cardiac arrest Sunday.
According to the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watchstanders received a notification at 5:46 a.m. that a 50-year-old oil rig crewman was experiencing symptoms of cardiac arrest and needed medical assistance. Watchstanders consulted with the duty flight surgeon, who recommended a medevac.
Watchstanders launched a Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew to conduct the medevac and a Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew to provide a cover flight. The helicopter landed aboard the rig and took the man to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. He was reportedly in stable condition.
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