CG medevacs woman with injury

NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard medically evacuated a woman with a head injury near Petit Bois Island, Miss., on Aug. 12. Coast Guard Sector Mobile, Ala., received a report at 3:38 p.m. of a woman with a head injury head injury aboard a fishing vessel about three nautical miles north of Petit Bois Island. The CG launched a 45-foot response boat and crew from CG Station Pascagoula, Miss., to assist. The boat crew recovered the woman and transported her to emergency medical services at CGS Pascagoula. EMS transported her to Singing River Hospital in Pascagoula. (Source: Coast Guard 08/13/18)