CG medevacs man to Pascagoula

NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard medical-evacuated a 42-year-old male from a motor vessel some 18 nautical miles south of Pascagoula, Miss., on March 4. Coast Guard Sector Mobile, Ala., received a call Saturday afternoon reporting a male suffering from a severely infected foot aboard the Amazon Explorer. Coast Guard Station Pascagoula, Miss., launched a 45-foot response boat and crew to assist. The crew arrived on scene at 4:15 p.m. and transferred the man to emergency medical services at CGSP where he was transferred to Singing River Hospital in Pascagoula. He was reported in stable condition. (Coast Guard 03/04/17)