Printer Friendly
The Free Library
4,480,194 articles and books
Member login
User name  
Password 
 
Join us Forgot password?

Navy and Coast Guard. (Rescues).


On 21 July, Singapore tanker HL Moogal called the Joint Rescue Coordination Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, regarding a 32-year-old crewman who was suffering from appendicitis
acute appendicitis  appendicitis of acute onset, requiring prompt surgery, and usually marked by pain in the right lower abdominal quadrant, referred rebound tenderness, overlying muscle spasm, and cutaneous hyperesthesia.
chronic appendicitis 
1. that characterized by fibrotic thickening of the organ wall due to previous acute inflammation.
2.
 and needed medical care. After consulting with doctors, the rescue coordinators recommended evacuation to the nearest hospital. The tanker's position was 830 nautical miles southeast of Hawaii. It took a joint Navy and Coast Guard operation involving SEAL Team 1, Lake Erie

Erie, indigenous people of North America

Erie (ĭr`ē), indigenous people of North America of the Iroquoian branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). In the Iroquoian language the word erie means "long tail" (i.e., cat), and, therefore, the Erie were referred to as the Cat Nation.
 (CG 70) and two aircraft to get the patient to the hospital.

At 0200 on 22 July, four members of SEAL Team 1 parachuted with a raft out of a CGAS CGAS - Children's Global Assessment Scale
CGAS - Coast Guard Air Station
 Barbers Point, Hawaii, C-130 aircraft, paddled to the tanker and administered antibiotics to the sick man. Lake Erie got underway just after midnight, and later a CGAS Barbers Point HH-65 helicopter landed aboard the cruiser to assist in the rescue. When CG 70 was in range of the tanker, the helo crew performed a nighttime hoist and returned with the victim to Lake Erie for the day's ride back to Hawaii. When the cruiser was 100 miles southeast of the island, the helicopter departed for Hilo Hilo (hē`lō), city (1990 pop. 37,808), seat of Hawaii co., on Hilo Bay of Hawaii island; settled by missionaries c.1822, inc. as a city 1911. The second largest city in the state, a port of entry, and the only metropolitan area on Hawaii island, Hilo is the trade and shipping center for an orchid, papaya, and macadamia-nut region. Airport and from there an ambulance took the patient to Hilo Medical Center. A sucessful appendectomy appendectomy /ap·pen·dec·to·my/ (ap?en-dek´tah-me) excision of the vermiform appendix.

ap·pen·dec·to·my (p
 was performed on the crewman.
COPYRIGHT 2001 Department of the Navy, Naval Historical Center
No portion of this article can be reproduced without the express written permission from the copyright holder.
Copyright 2001, Gale Group. All rights reserved. Gale Group is a Thomson Corporation Company.

 Reader Opinion

Title:

Comment:



 

Article Details
Printer friendly Cite/link Email Feedback
Author:Ball, Josn Dan
Publication:Naval Aviation News
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Sep 1, 2001
Words:205
Previous Article:VS-32. (Rescues).(Brief Article)
Next Article:Super hornets soar with the eagles.(Brief Article)
Topics:



Related Articles
COAST GUARD RESCUES.(Brief Article)
Rescues.(Brief Article)
8 STILL MISSING AFTER PLANE CRASH.(NEWS)
REMAINS OF 8 PLANE CRASH VICTIMS SOUGHT.(News)
The United States Coast Guard's Integrated Deepwater System: Creating opportunities for enhanced interoperability with America's friends and allies....
International Maritime Officers School: Future coalitions fostered today.
Coast Guard's Deepwater to be marketed worldwide.(defense policy, United States)
Coast Guard Aviation: service in transition.
Early Coast Guard Aviation.
Awards.(People Planes Places)(2004 Atlantic Fleet Sea and Shore Sailors of the Year)

Terms of use | Copyright © 2008 Farlex, Inc. | Feedback | For webmasters | Submit articles