Coast Guard medevacs injured sailor

DATE: January 25, 2010 12:35:40 PST

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Date: Jan. 25, 2010
Contact: Petty Officer Jetta Disco
(619) 247-2478

Coast Guard medevacs injured sailor

SAN DIEGO - The Coast Guard transported an injured sailor from a Navy ship Monday morning, Jan. 25, 2010.

A crew from Aids to Navigation team (ANT) San Diego overheard radio communications between Sector San Diego and the USS Milius requesting that a crewmember who was suffering from head trauma and drifting in and out of consciousness, receive an immediate medical evacuation.

The ANT diverting from their mission, volunteered to transport the sailor along with a corpsman from the ship back to Sector where EMS was standing by.

"The Coast Guard boatcrew did an excellent job of quickly switching from one mission which was ATON, a non-emergency situation, right into an emergency situation, " Said Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Tapp, the Officer in Charge of ANT San Diego. "They were able to provide assitance to the U.S. Navy and potentially save a life."

It is unknown which hospital the sailor was taken to.

***EDITOR’S NOTE*** Click on the link for imagery of the medevac.

Imagery with interveiw:
http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=763180

Imagery B-ROLL only:
http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=763224

SAN DIEGO - Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Tapp, Officer in Charge, Aids to Navigation Team, San Diego, explains how the boatcrew assisted the Navy in medically evacuating an injured sailor from the USS Milius, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010. The ANT diverting from their mission, volunteered to medevac the sailor and transport him to EMS. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jetta H. Disco.

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