Coast Guard medevacs ailing woman on Beaver Island
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Coast Guard medevacs ailing woman on Beaver Island
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CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard medevaced a 69-year-old woman experiencing a medical emergency from Beaver Island in Lake Michigan, Tuesday.
The woman was reportedly experiencing severe abdominal pain.
Emergency services contacted Coast Guard Sector Northern Great Lakes watchstanders at 3:29 p.m. requesting aerial transport for the woman from Beaver Island Airport.
A Coast Guard Air Station Detroit MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew already en route to Air Station Traverse City diverted, embarked local paramedics and arrived at Beaver Island at 4 p.m. The aircrew and paramedics brought the woman aboard the helicopter and transported her to Air Station, where local emergency medical services transferred her to further medical care.
For more information, contact Lt. Kendall McClusky, Coast Guard Air Station Detroit public affairs officer at 202-538-2226 or email Kendall.F.McClusky@uscg.mil.
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