(NEW ORLEANS) — The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a crewmember from an offshore supply vessel Wednesday approximately 11 miles southeast of Southwest Pass, La.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans command center watch standers received a report at approximately 8 a.m. via VHF-FM Channel 16 from the offshore supply vessel Brandon Bordelon of a 50-year-old male crewmember with an injury to his leg. The watch standers diverted a Coast Guard Station Venice response boat-medium crew to assist.
The boat crew arrived on scene, embarked the crewmember aboard their vessel, and transported him to awaiting emergency medical services personnel at Coast Guard Station Venice. EMS transported him to Ochsner Medical Center Westbank Campus in Gretna, La.
The crewmember was last reported in stable condition.
– U.S. Coast Guard
