| Public Affairs Office Sector San Diego, Calif. U.S. Coast Guard |
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| News Release |
Date: Feb 20, 2009 Contact: SECTOR San Diego, CA |
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Coast Guard conducts long range medevac SAN DIEGO -- At 2 p.m. this afternoon a Coast Guard MH-60J Jayhawk helicopter crew performed a medical evacuation of a 67-year-old woman 220 miles southwest of San Diego. The Coast Guard received a call from the Princess Saphire, a Bermuda-flagged cruise ship, requesting that a passenger suffering from a head injury be medevaced. The helicopter crew met the Princess Saphire 220 miles southwest of San Diego and transferred the woman to Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla in stable condition. For video of the medevac follow this link: http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=476564 ### Saving Lives and Guarding the Coast Since 1790.
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