The US Coast Guard reports they conducted a medical evacuation from Carnival Paradise Thursday afternoon (May 14, 2009) when the ship was 10 miles west of Point Loma (CA), near San Diego.
The Coast Guard dispatched a 41-foot rescue boat from San Diego to pick up a 29-year-old pregnant woman who was in urgent need of medical treatment.
“These cruise ship medivacs are always a little tricky,” said Petty Officer 3rd Class George Damanis, a certified Emergency Medical Technician at Station San Diego. “It takes a great skill from the coxswain to maneuver along side another vessel during the evolution. Good communication is paramount during the patient transfer. In this case, we had to transfer her from the cruise ship to our boat while she was strapped into a rescue litter.”
The Coast Guard transported the woman to the San Diego Harbor Police dock and taken to a local hospital by a local EMS.
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