KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Station Ketchikan 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew medevaced an injured 58-year-old man off the fishing vessel Lake Bay in Revillagigedo Channel, 18 miles southeast of Ketchikan, Alaska, Monday. The boat crew and Ketchikan emergency medical services coordinated efforts to transfer the man from the small boat to Station Ketchikan. […]
Editor’s Note: Click on image to download high resolution video. JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard aircrew medevaced a 42-year-old woman off a fishing vessel near Noyes Island, Thursday. The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Sitkatransported her to Sitka where they transferred the woman to waiting emergency medical service personnel, who took her […]
An injured hiker spent the night on Penguin Ridge because of inclement weather and a temporary shortage of air assets troopers reported on Wednesday. According to the report, 22-year-old Ben Seaman was in need of extraction from the ridge after falling 30 feet off of the ridge and injuring his leg. After receiving the call […]
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medically evacuates a man from the fishing vessel Araho, approximately 50-miles northeast of St. Paul. Video courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard. JUNEAU — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medically evacuated a fisherman approximately 50-miles northeast of St. Paul, Friday. Coast […]