CG medevacs injured fisherman

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard conducted an emergency medical evacuation of an injured man from a vessel near the Chandeleur Islands in Louisiana on the morning of Feb. 7. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a notification at 8:23 a.m. of a 45-year-old man who sustained a serious leg injury aboard the commercial fishing vessel Miss Kimberly II. The CG diverted a CG Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin aircrew at 9:10 a.m., which arrived on scene and hoisted the man aboard at 9:20 a.m. The injured man was transported in stable condition back to CGAS New Orleans where local EMS took him to a local hospital. (Source: Coast Guard 02/07/19)