CG medevacs man from Horn Island

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a 34-year-old man suffering from heart attack-like symptoms near Horn Island, Miss. on Oct. 1 A 45-foot response boat and crew from Coast Guard Station Pascagoula, Miss., responded with local emergency medical services aboard. The man had been using a personal watercraft and was suffering symptoms on Horn Island. The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources also responded. The man was transferred from Horn Island to the CG response boat via personal watercraft, where an EMT evaluated him. The boat crew transported the man to a waiting ambulance at CG Station Pascagoula, which transported him to Singing River Hospital in Pascagoula, Miss. The man was reported to be in stable condition. (Source: Coast Guard 10/01/17)