MANASQUAN — A crew member of a fishing boat 50 miles off Manasquan Inlet was medevacked by members of the Coast Guard on Jan. 30.
Watchstanders of the Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay received a call from the captain of the fishing vessel Enterprise requesting a medevac for a crewmember experiencing severe abdominal pain.
The crew of a Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet 47-foot Motor Lifeboat launched to aid the individual. They arrived and transferred the crew member aboard.
The crewmember’s condition worsened however and an Air Station Atlantic City MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter aircrew was launched. Once it arrived the crewmember was medevacked to awaiting emergency medical services personnel at Atlantic City Care Regional Medical Center.
Petty Officer First Class Daniel Box said, “the Coast Guard trains every day for events like this. Because of that training we were able to coordinate multiple Coast Guard assets to get the crew member medical attention as quickly as possible.”
