Personnel aboard the Crown Princess reported a “70-year-old man experiencing heart attack-like symptoms and an 86-year-old man experiencing internal bleeding.”
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Two men were medevacked from a cruise ship about 50 miles off of Cape Kumukahi.
The United States Coast Guard conducted the back-to-back medevacs on Saturday.
According to reports, the Joint Rescue Coordination Center of Honolulu received the call at 6 p.m. on Friday, requesting medevacs.
Personnel aboard the Crown Princess reported a “70-year-old man experiencing heart attack-like symptoms and an 86-year-old man experiencing internal bleeding.”
After a recommendation from the duty flight surgeon, the Coast Guard headed toward the Crown Princess in an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point at 9 a.m. on Saturday.
Both men were hoisted and transported to Hilo Medical Center in stable condition.
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