US Coast Guard Station Valdez crew members medevaced an 18-year-old male, suffering from a hand injury, from the 'Pacific Harvester' in Prince William Sound, Alaska, in the evening of July 26, 2018
US Coast Guard Station Valdez crew members medevaced an 18-year-old male, suffering from a hand injury, from the 'Pacific Harvester' in Prince William Sound, Alaska, in the evening of July 26, 2018. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Anchorage command center received a report from the master of the 'Pacific Harvester' requesting a medevac for the crewmember who was suffering from a hand injury and displaying signs of shock. Watchstanders consulted with the duty flight surgeon who recommended a medevac. Watchstanders directed the launch of a Station Valdez boat crew. The station’s crew, including an emergency trauma technician, treated the man’s hand while in transit to a Valdez pier where he was transferred to awaiting emergency medical service personnel for higher care.
