CG medevacs cruise passenger

NEW ORLEANS – Coast Guard Station Venice, La., medevaced a 60 year-old woman from a cruise ship some 14 miles south of the Southwest Pass on Dec. 19. Late Sunday, watch-standers at the Eighth Coast Guard District Command Center received a call from the cruise ship Carnival Triumph requesting the medical evacuation of a woman in need of dialysis. CG Sector New Orleans directed the launch of a 45-foot response boat from its Venice base. The boat crew transferred the stabilized passenger to an awaiting emergency medical services’ vehicle at CS Venice about 1:30 a.m. (Source: Coast Guard 12/19/16)