Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans medevacs injured man from oil rig

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard Medevaced a 29-year-old man from a rig 180 miles south of New Orleans, Friday.

A watchstander at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans received a call at 3:50 a.m. from the Marianna Oil Rig reporting that a crewman working on the rig had suffered a foot injury and required a medevac.

Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans launched an MH-65C rescue helicopter and crew, safely hoisted the man into the helicopter and delivered him to a waiting ambulance at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans in Belle Chasse, La. The man was transported to LSU Medical Center in New Orleans by ambulance. His condition is unknown.

New Orleans Ð A local ambulance crew takes over care of a man who was medevaced from the Marianna Oil Rig, approximately 180 miles south of New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico, March 11, 2010. The man was taken by ambulance to Louisiana State University Medical Center in New Orleans, and his condition is unknown. U.S. Coast Guard photograph courtesy of Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS — A local ambulance crew takes over care of a man who was medevaced from the Marianna Oil Rig, approximately 180 miles south of New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico, March 11, 2010. The man was taken by ambulance to Louisiana State University Medical Center in New Orleans, and his condition is unknown. U.S. Coast Guard photograph courtesy of Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans.

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