On Nov. 16, a Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew was deployed to forward operating location Cold Bay, Alaska, to medevac a man from the 1200-foot motor vessel Maersk Eindhoven, 200 miles south of Cold Bay.
Coast Guard District 17 command center watchstanders received notification from the captain of the Maersk Eindhoven, who reported a 53-year-old male crewmember was suffering from cardiac issues 600 miles south of Cold Bay.
After notifying the Coast Guard flight surgeon, due to the vast distance offshore, the captain was advised to make best course and speed to Cold Bay so a safe medevac could be conducted.
“Coordinating a mission 600 miles offshore is challenging,” said Bud Holden, District 17 command center watchstander. “Our consistant training, and the communication between the Coast Guard and Maersk Eindhoven crew enabled us to safely get this man the care he needed.”
Weather at the scene of the medevac was 25-mile-per-hour winds and 10-foot seas.
