A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced a man from the 'Silver Explorer' 150 miles west northwest from Kotzebue, Alaska, on Aug 3, 2018
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced a man from the 'Silver Explorer' 150 miles west northwest from Kotzebue, Alaska, on Aug 3, 2018. Coast Guard District 17 watchstanders received a phone call from the cruise line agency reporting a man needed higher level medical care due to reported cardiac problems. The watchstanders consulted a Coast Guard duty flight surgeon who discussed the man’s condition with the cruise ship’s doctor. It was determined to direct the 'Silver Explorer' to begin transiting toward Kotzebue in order to be within the Jayhawk’s range so the aircrew could conduct the hoist. The doctor aboard the Silver Explorer was able to stabilize the man as the ship transited to the rendezvous point, The Jayhawk aircrew hoisted the 35-year-old man from the ship and safely transported him to awaiting emergency medical services personnel in Kotzebue. He was then transferred to a commercial medical services flight for further transport to higher level medical care. Weather at the time of the hoist was mostly cloudy, north winds at 20 mph and seas at 7-feet.
