The US Coast Guard has been called to evacuate injured seafarers from vessels in two separate cases within 24 hours of each.
In one instance it airlifted a 26-year-old man from a Anthony Veder LPG tanker about 195 nautical miles south-southeast of Southwest Pass, Louisiana.
The USCG said it received a report that the crewman aboard the 35,130-cbm Prins Alexander (built 2002) was suffering jaw pain.
The tanker was about 275 miles south of Grand Isle and 80 nautical miles south of the maritime boundary line at the time of the report.
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Florida, and an HC-144 Ocean Sentry fixed-wing aircrew from Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile, Alabama were mobilized.
The helicopter crew were able to airlift the man and transfer him to waiting emergency medical services at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans.
In a second incident, the USCG medevaced a 37-year-old man with an injury to his arm from the 16,800-dwt general cargo vessel Sanna (built 2009) 20 miles offshore.
Watchstanders at the USCG’s Key West Command Center were alerted to the injury by satellite phone from the crew of the vessel reporting that the man needed further medical care for the wound sustained to his arm.
A USCG MH-65 Dolphin helicopter airlifted the injured seafarer and transported him to awaiting emergency medical services at Key West International Airport for further medical care.
