Coast Guard crew medevacs 1 near Cape Fear River, N.C.

Document Number: 2483

	Fifth District U.S. Coast Guard

Press Release	Date: August 5, 2008 Contact: Petty Officer Mark Jones Coast Guard Fifth District Public Affairs (757) 398-6272 Cell: (757) 434-7705
Coast Guard crew medevacs 1 near Cape Fear River, N.C.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. - The Coast Guard medevaced an injured 22-year-old crewmember today from a merchant ship near the mouth of the Cape Fear River, N.C. The Coast Guard was notified at 4:26 p.m. Monday by the crew of the Sichem Eva, a 496-foot Singapore-flagged merchant tank ship, reporting a crewmember had a dislocated jaw and needed medical attention. A rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Oak Island, N.C., met the Sichem Eva at the sea buoy near the mouth of the Cape Fear River at 7 a.m. today and transferred the crewmember to awaiting emergency medical personnel on shore. The patient was transported to Dosher Memorial Hospital in Southport, N.C., for treatment.
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