22-Year-Old Medevaced By Helicopter From Cargo Ship For Seizure

22-Year-Old Medevaced By Helicopter From Cargo Ship For Seizure
D'Ann Lawrence White | Jul 31, 2018 https://patch.com/florida/southtampa/22-year-old-medevaced-helicopter-ca...

The Coast Guard performed a medical evacuation of a 22-year-old man from a cargo ship 35 miles west of Tampa Bay, Tuesday, July 31.

TAMPA, FL -- The Coast Guard performed a medical evacuation of a 22-year-old man from a cargo ship 35 miles west of Tampa Bay, Tuesday, July 31.

At 4:52 a.m., Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watch standers received a distress call from a crew member aboard a 614-foot cargo ship, the Bahama Spirit, from Vanuatu. The crew member reported that Shuklendra Singh, 22, of India, had a seizure and needed emergency assistance.

A flight surgeon from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater recommended Singh be medevaced.

An Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew was launched and flew Singh to Tampa General Hospital.