KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard aircrew medevaced a cruise ship passenger 30 miles west of Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, Wednesday. An Air Station Sitka aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter arrived on scene at 11:16 p.m., hoisted the 56-year-old woman, and transported her to awaiting emergency medical services personnel in Sitka. Coast Guard watchstanders in Juneau received the initial medevac request […]
JUNEAU — The Coast Guard medevaced a man Wednesday from a cruise ship at the entrance to Gastineau Channel near Juneau. A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Juneau met the cruise ship Disney Wonder at about 9 p.m., took the ailing man aboard, and brought him to Station Juneau where he was […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard medevaced a 23-year-old woman from the cruise ship American Constellation in Tracy Arm, approximately 40 nautical miles southeast of Juneau, Alaska, Monday. A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew arrived on scene at 11:30 a.m., hoisted the patient, and transported her to awaiting EMS in Juneau. […]
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka aircrew medically evacuated a man from the cruise ship Norwegian Encore in Chatham Strait, Monday. The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew arrived on scene at 7:27 a.m. and safely hoisted and transported the patient to awaiting Emergency Medical Service personnel at the Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center in […]