Navy and Coast Guard. (Rescues).On 21 July, Singapore tanker HL Moogal called the Joint Rescue Coordination Center A primary search and rescue facility suitably staffed by supervisory personnel and equipped for coordinating and controlling search and rescue and/or combat search and rescue operations. The facility is operated unilaterally by personnel of a single Service or component. in Honolulu, Hawaii For the city and county of Honolulu, see City & County of Honolulu. “Honolulu” redirects here. For other uses, see Honolulu (disambiguation). Honolulu is the capital as well as the most populous community of the State of Hawaii, United States. , regarding a 32-year-old crewman who was suffering from appendicitis Appendicitis Definition Appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix, which is the worm-shaped pouch attached to the cecum, the beginning of the large intestine. The appendix has no known function in the body, but it can become diseased. 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 (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 Coast Guard Air Station CGAS Children's Global Assessment Scale 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 Airport and from there an ambulance took the patient to Hilo Medical Center. A sucessful appendectomy Appendectomy Definition Appendectomy is the surgical removal of the appendix. The appendix is a worm-shaped hollow pouch attached to the cecum, the beginning of the large intestine. was performed on the crewman. |
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