Coast Guard medevacs burn victim from ship

DATE: May 05, 2008 17:44:31 CST

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Office of External Affairs U.S. Coast Guard

Press Release	Date: May 5, 2008 Contact: PA3 Tom Atkeson (618) 225-9008
COAST GUARD MEDEVACS BURN VICTIM FROM SHIP
NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard medevaced a 22-year-old man from a chemical tanker ship in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 120 miles southwest of the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River, today. At approximately 10 a.m., a watchstander at the Coast Guard's Atlantic Area Command Center received a call from a crewman aboard the vessel, Jo Ask, requesting medical assistance. A HH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter and crew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans and a HU-25A Falcon jet and crew from Aviation Training Center Mobile, Ala., were launched to assist. The HH-65 crew hoisted the man and safely transported him to Baton Rogue General Hospital in Baton Rogue, La., for treatment. * Media Note: There is no video of this medevac.* ### *U.S. Coast Guard - Saving lives since 1790*