Medevac near Venice

The US Coast Guard medevaced a 26-year-old man suffering from a seizure aboard the "Carnival Dream" near Venice, Louisiana, on July 30, 2017. The Coast Guard New Orleans received the report at 7:17 p.m. while the vessel was transiting south on the Mississippi River from New Orleans. Watchstanders directed the launch of a Coast Guard Station Venice 29-foot Response Boat-Small II crew at 7:43 p.m. The crew arrived on scene at 9:45 p.m. and transferred the survivor to Acadian Ambulance paramedics at Station Venice. He was taken to Plaquemines Medical Center in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. The patient was reported in stable condition.