The Prefecture urgently evacuated a crew member from a fishing vessel that was sailing the Argentine Sea

The This Monday, the Argentine Naval Prefecture urgently evacuated a crew member of the fishing vessel “Andrés Jorge”, flying the Argentine flag, while it was sailing through the Argentine Sea.

From that maritime security force they reported that the evacuated man, 28 years old, suffered “severe chills, symptoms of weakness, along with vomiting blood,” added the official report.

That was why the captain of the boat immediately contacted PNA authorities requesting assistance for the sailor, transmitting the emergency and the health situation detected, reporting that one of his crew members “was decompensated,” through radio communication. .

And through an urgent “radio medical consultation”, a health professional from the Institution considered that his “immediate evacuation” was necessary, as reported Telam.

Quickly, from the city of Trelew, northeast of Patagonia, and after follow-up by radio consultations, a helicopter took off with “rescue swimmers and doctors on board”, while from Comodoro Rivadavia, the most inhabited city in the province of Chubut, it made available a plane “with specialized personnelin this type of tasks to provide logistical support to the operation,” the official information detailed.

Once positioned on the fishing vessel, “from the helicopter and in a precise and risky maneuver,” specialized personnel from the force lowered “a medical basket, to help the victim” and so on. It was possible to “hoist the man”, who received the first attention on board the aircraftwhile on the ground the arrival of an ambulance was coordinated, which took him to the Trelew airport.

It should be noted that the Argentine Naval Prefecture, as the national maritime authority, carries out monitoring work throughout the year, to take care of sailors, and intervene in emergencies in the waters, the PNA report concluded.

And fifteen days ago and in a similar operation and with similar characteristics, personnel of the Argentine Naval Prefecture carried out an emergency evacuation of a man who was on board a fishing vessel and had symptoms consistent with possible appendicitis.

The incident took place when the crew member was sailing at a distance of approximately 500 kilometers from the spa city of Mar del PlataBuenos Aires province.

The man, 43 years old, was working as an engine assistant on the ship “Salvador R,” with the national flag, when began to experience abdominal pain on the right side of his body and in this situation, the captain of the ship contacted a doctor from the Maritime Authority to request immediate assistance.

In response to this request for help, a team of rescuers took off from the Mar del Plata airport in a plane and a helicopter, according to sources from the Argentine Naval Prefecture.

Once at the scene, the troops positioned themselves in the air and began the evacuation operation and in a first stage, they lowered a medical basket with which they hoisted the affected crew member to the aircraft, where he received the first medical attention.

And meanwhile, on the ground, the arrival of a local ambulance was coordinated at the airport in the city of Viedma, in the province of Río Negro, where after the helicopter landed, the sick man was taken to safety and transferred to one of the hospitals. from the area to receive the health care he required.

With information from Télam