A CBS station in San Diego is reporting that the U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a 75-year-old man who suffered a heart attack while aboard a Holland America Line (HAL) cruise ship.
The Coast Guard received notification late last night that that a HAL passenger was experiencing a medical emergency aboard the Westerdam cruise ship. at the time, the cruise ship was 15 miles off of Mission Bay, California.
The Coast Guard dispatched a helicopter from San Diego and the patient and the ship’s nurse were hoisted and taken to the hospital.
You can see the medevac operation in the video below courtesy of Coast Guard News.