Coast Guard Medevacs Injured Passenger From Holland America Cruise Ship
The U.S. Coast Guard evacuated a 46 year old passenger from a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico following a fall on Saturday.
Passenger Andrew Spicer was aboard Holland America Line's Ryndam cruise ship when he was reportedly injured. The cruise was roughly 120 miles southwest of St. Petersburg when the Coast Guard helicopter arrived around 8:00 p.m. Mr. Spicer was taken to Tampa General hospital.
On Friday, a Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew medevaced a 16 month old girl and her mother off the Norwegian Gem cruise ship approximately 245 miles south of Cape Lookout, North Carolina. The infant was suffering from upper respiratory tract infection and respiratory distress.
Our U.S. Coast Guard serves an important function of transporting sick and injured passengers to emergency medical facilities ashore. Earlier in the week we discussed the medical and legal implications of cruise medevacs in U.S. Coast Guard Rescues Sick Teenager from NCL's Jewel.
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Jim Walker practices maritime personal injury law. Jim has been involved in maritime litigation since 1983. Based in Miami, Florida,
