Coast Guard medevacs man from boat 50 miles out to sea from Florence | Health
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Coast Guard medevacs man from boat 50 miles out to sea from Florence
From the U.S. Coast Gaurd
The Coast Guard rescued a fisherman who suffered a head injury on a fishing vessel off the Oregon Coast Tuesday.
The man was transported to Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay.
A Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew from Station Newport, Ore., supported by a second HH-65C helicopter crew from Group/Air Station North Bend, Ore., conducted a medevac 50 nautical miles from Florence, Ore.
The helicopter crew transported the man to emergency medical specialists waiting on shore.
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