Video Release: Coast Guard medevacs ailing cruise ship passenger

http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=1466357

SAN DIEGO -- A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew from San Diego medically evacuates a 77-year-old woman who was experiencing symptoms of a stroke aboard a cruise ship 230 miles southwest of San Diego, Nov. 26, 2011.

The woman and the ship's nurse were hoisted to the helicopter and transported to Sector San Diego, where the woman was transferred to emergency medical personnel for further care. U.S. Coast Guard video.

For the initial press release on this medevac, follow this link: http://www.sandiego.uscgnews.com/go/doc/830/1246683/

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