The Coast Guard medevac’d an ailing man from a fishing vessel 40 miles offshore of Oahu on Jan. 20.
Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu watchstanders received notification at 4:30 p.m. Jan. 18 from crew members aboard the fishing vessel Capt. Davis that a 34-year-old crewman had suffered an eye injury about 350 miles southwest of Oahu.
Watchstanders consulted with the duty flight surgeon, who recommended a medevac. At 6 a.m. on Jan. 20, an HC-130 Hercules airplane crew and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point rendezvoused with the Capt. Davis about 40 miles southwest of Kapolei, Hawaii.
The helicopter crew hoisted the man from the fishing vessel and transported him to Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu. As of the time of the incident, the man was reportedly in stable condition.