U.S. Coast Guard personnel on Tuesday (Dec. 23) medevaced an ailing cruise ship passenger from 92 miles offshore of Kaua‘i.
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point on O‘ahu hoisted the 61-year-old woman, who was experiencing septic shock, and brought her safely to The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu.
Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu watchstanders received a phone call shortly after 8:30 p.m. Sunday (Dec. 21) from the master of the Pacific World, a Japan-based cruise ship, requesting a medevac for a passenger aboard the 857-foot vessel, which at the time was 886 miles west of O‘ahu.
Watchstanders established regular communications with the vessel’s crew — after conferring with the duty flight surgeon, who recommended a medevac — to monitor the patient’s status as the Pacific World proceeded toward O‘ahu.
The woman was reportedly in stable condition.
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