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| Coast Guard medevacs cruise ship passenger |
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A nurse (left) from the cruise ship, Carnival Conquest, tends to the patient as the Coast Guard helicopter heads towards Lower Keys Medical Center in Key West, Fla. (U.S. Coast Guard photo) KEY WEST, Fla.--The Coast Guard received a call Friday at approximately 3 p.m. from the cruise ship, Carnival Conquest, requesting a passenger be airlifted for emergency medical treatment 45 miles southwest of Key West, Fla. The Coast Guard immediately responded by diverting an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter with a deployed crew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans. The helicopter arrived on scene at approximately 3:30 p.m. and hoisted the 81-year-old male patient and nurse. Once safely aboard the helicopter, the crew transported the two people and arrived at about 4:50 p.m. at Lower Keys Medical Center.
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