Ocean-Peace Ship Details and Seafarer Feedback

A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew, forward deployed with the Coast Guard Cutter "Midgett", medevaced a crew member from the "Ocean Peace" approximately 115 miles north of Cold Bay on Feb 26, 2019. Coast Guard 17th District Command Center watchstanders in Juneau received notification from Discovery Health Force Partners in the morning that a 24-year-old male crewmember was displaying symptoms of appendicitis. Watchstanders briefed the duty flight surgeon and requested that Ocean Peace make way toward Cold Bay. The helicopter crew was still in Cold Bay after transferring a patient Monday. The crew launched from Cold Bay and landed aboard the "Midgett" to refuel. The aircrew then flew to the fishing vessel and hoisted the patient, then landed back aboard the cutter to refuel again before transporting him to Cold Bay. He was placed in the care of an aircrew contracted by Discovery Health for transport to Anchorage. On-scene conditions at the time of the hoist included six-foot seas and 12-mph winds.