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Medevacs 21-year-old man with collapsed lung Flew him from Adak to Cold Bay “The first of many great cases in our new C130”   CG Air Station’s new C-130J medevacs man from Adak to Cold Bay in first medevac for aircraft. Photo: CG Air Station’s Facebook page.  The Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak’s new C-130J recorded its first search and …

U.S. Coast Guard members and City of Kodiak emergency medical personnel transfer a man from the F/V Nordic Cross to an awaiting ambulance at Air Station Kodiak. (Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Charly Hengen / U.S. Coast Guard) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The U.S. Coast Guard medevac’d a man in waters off Afognak Island today. According to a Coast Guard press …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT A helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak medevac’d a man southeast of Cold Bay Wednesday. According to a Coast Guard press release, the 42-year-old was experiencing gastrointestinal issues aboard the motor vessel Elpida GR. In response to a medevac request via watchstanders, an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew deployed from Coast Guard Cutter Stratton and reached the …

MH-60 Jayhawk parked in Cold Bay. (Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Charly Hengen/Coast Guard) Mitch Borden/KMXT On Sunday morning(1/28), a Coast Guard aircrew flew an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter 70 miles west of Cold Bay to medevac a 59-year-old man from the fishing vessel Ocean Rover.  The aircrew and helicopter were forward deployed to Cold Bay from air station Kodiak. …

MH-60 Jayhawk parked in Cold Bay. (Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Charly Hengen/Coast Guard) Mitch Borden/KMXT Last week, the Coast Guard medevaced a man from a fishing vessel about 260 miles north of Cold Bay in 20 mph winds and 10 foot seas.  A MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and its crew deployed from the Coast Guard forward operating base in …

Fishing vessel Cape Greig. (Screen grab of video courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard District 17) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The United States Coast Guard medevac’d a fisherman east of Kodiak last week. According to a Coast Guard press release, Discovery Health Partners alerted Juneau watchstanders Tuesday that the man possibly had appendicitis. At the time, the 50-year-old was aboard the fishing vessel …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Coast Guard medevac’d a woman from a motor ship roughly 40 miles southwest of Cold Bay Saturday. According to a Coast Guard press release, Global Rescue personnel got a report that an 87-year-old woman on the vessel The World had symptoms of a heart attack. Global Rescue then relayed the message to Coast Guard watchstanders, who sent …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The U.S. Coast Guard medevac’d a man with a broken ankle from a fishing vessel this weekend. According to a Coast Guard press release, Anchorage watchstanders received a report Sunday that a crewmember aboard the New Dawn had been injured. The vessel was located in the Shelikof Strait area at the time. A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak …

A pair of Air Station Kodiak helicopter crews were busy yesterday with emergency medical hoists from ships in Alaska waters. The Coast Guard aircrews forward deployed to Cold Bay for the fishing season medevac’d an 80-year-old woman and a 34-year-old male during separate cases. Early Wednesday Coast Guard watchstanders received a report from the cruise ship Sun Princess that a …