Office of External Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard

Date: Jan. 18, 2010
Contact: 
U.S. Coast Guard External Affairs
(504) 671-2020

Coast Guard medevacs man from oil rig

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard medevaced a man off an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico at approximately 3 p.m. Monday.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a call at approximately 12:30 p.m. from a crewmember aboard the motor vessel B. Billy stating that a crewmember aboard the vessel was experiencing chest pains and required to be medevaced.

The crew of the B. Billy took the man to a near by oil platform, which was staffed with an EMT who provided medical attention to the crewman.

At approximately 1:30 p.m., Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans launched an MH-65C Dolphin rescue helicopter and crew to medevac the man. The helicopter and crew landed on the platform's helicopter deck and brought the man aboard at approximately 2 p.m.

The man was taken to Thibodaux General Hospital and transferred to awaiting medical personnel at approximately 3 p.m. His condition is unknown.

For video footage of this rescue please click here.

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Office of External Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard

Date: Jan. 10, 2010

Contact:  Petty Officer 3rd Class                                                                                       Stephen Lehmann
U.S. Coast Guard External Affairs
(504) 671-2020

Coast Guard hoists four stranded crewmembers

NEW ORLEANS — A crew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans hoisted four people who became stranded on their crew boats in the vicinity of Venice, La., Jan. 10, 2010.

At approximately 2:30 a.m., one of the four stranded individuals contacted the Coast Guard by radio and reported that they had run aground because of the ebbing tide, 12 miles northeast of Southwest Pass, La., and were in need of assistance.

Air Station New Orleans launched an MH-65C Dolphin rescue helicopter and crew and hoisted the four and safely transported them to the Chevron Center in Venice.   

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Office of External Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard

Date: Nov. 14, 2009

Contact: 
U.S. Coast Guard External Affairs
(504) 671-2020

Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel 200 miles south of Venice, La.

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard medevaced a man from a fishing vessel approximately 200 miles south of Venice, La., Saturday.

Watchstanders at the Eighth Coast Guard District in New Orleans received a request for assistance at approximately 9:40 a.m. from crewmembers of the motor vessel Banda Sea, a 575-foot cargo ship. The crewmembers reported a 45-year old crewmember was experienceing chest pains. Watchstanders launched an MH-65C Dolphin rescue helicopter and crew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, which arrived on scene at approximately 10 a.m.

At approximately 2 p.m., the helicopter crew arrived at West Jefferson Medical Center in Marrero, La., and transfered the man to awaiting doctors.

The man's condition is unknown.

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Office of External Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard

Date: Sept. 18, 2009

Contact: Lt. j.g. Rebecca Fosha
(504) 393-6072

Coast Guard employs first responder radios

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard successfully conducted its first inter-agency radio communications with the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Department Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009.

The Coast Guard received a report of a red flare sighting Wednesday in the vicinity of Delacroix, La.  Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans launched an MH-65C Dolphin rescue helicopter and crew and the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Department dispatched a patrol car to investigate source of the red flare.  

Together the Coast Guard and the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Department were able to search the area and maintain radio communications and determine that no one was in distress.  This was the first operational use of the Coast Guard's upgraded first responder radios with local or state entities in Louisiana.

"This represents a significant first step in achieving the Department of Homeland Security mandate, that the Coast Guard be able to communicate with other state and local emergency response agencies on common frequencies," said Cmdr. Whit Irwin, the assistant operations officer.  "With the number of reports that we get from local sheriff's deparments and other agencies, this greatly increases the effectiveness of on-scene coordination."

Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans recently upgraded their five MH-65C Dolphin helicopters with new radios that have the capability to communicate with local and state first responders.

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Office of External Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard

Date: June 22, 2009

Contact:  Lt.j.g. Barnes Reiney
(504) 393-6009

Coast Guard medevacs injured crewman

NEW ORLEANS —  The Coast Guard medevaced a 31 year-old male from an oil rig 155 miles southwest of New Orleans early Monday, June 22, 2009.

The Coast Guard received a call from a worker on the oil rig at approximately 11 p.m. on Sunday, June 21, 2009, reporting that another crewman working aboard the rig had injured his back in a fall.   

Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans launched an MH-65C Dolphin rescue helicopter and crew.  The crew hoisted the man and transported him safely to Terrebonne General Medical Center in Houma, La. 

The condition of the man in unknown.

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Office of External Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard

Date: June 16, 2009

Contact: Petty Officer Casey J. Ranel
(504) 671-2020

Coast Guard locates four stranded boaters

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard assisted in rescuing four boaters stranded in Justin's Bay near Mobile, Ala., early Tuesday morning.

Air Station New Orleans received a call from a family member at approximately 2:20 a.m. that four boaters were overdue from an outing Monday.

Air Station New Orleans launched an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter and crew and located the four overdue boaters at 3:58 a.m. The crew used the helicopter's spot light to guide two Good Samaritan boats to the stranded boaters.   The four boaters were taken aboard the boats and their personal watercraft was taken in tow.

The Coast Guard reminds all boaters to always file a float plan when boating.

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Office of External Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard

Date: June 16, 2009

Contact:  Lt. Taylor Carlisle
(504) 393-6032

Coast Guard Helicopter crew medevacs man 80 miles offshore

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard medevaced a 46-year-old male from an oil platform 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay at approximately 1 a.m. Tuesday. 

A Coast Guard watchstander received a call at approximately 8:30 p.m., Monday reporting that a crewman on the fishing vessel Connie was experiencing heart attack symptoms.  The fishing vessel transferred the patient to a nearby oil platform where a helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans picked up the patient.  The crew made an intermediate stop to refuel the MH-65C Dolphin helicopter before safely delivering the crewman to Houma Terrebonne Hospital. 

His condition is unknown.  

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Office of External Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard

Date: June 15, 2009

Contact: Petty Officer Casey J. Ranel
(618) 225-9008

Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard medevaced a 50-year-old man from a fishing vessel, 30 miles south of Morgan City, La., Monday, June 15, 2009.

The Coast Guard received a call from the fishing vessel Capt. Sam at approximately 3:10 p.m. Monday, reporting that a crewmember was suffering from chest pain and requested a medevac.

Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans launched an MH-65C dolphin helicopter and crew and sucessfully lifted the crewmember into the helicopter and transported him to Terrebonne General Hospital in Houma, La.

His condition is unknown.

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