Members of the Cayman Islands Coast Guard carried out a mid-sea transfer, in rough conditions, of a sick cruise ship passenger in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The Coast Guard posted a video on its Facebook page of the precarious-looking transfer of the passenger from the ship to its vessel.
The emergency medical evacuation of the passenger occurred shortly before 1:30am from the cruise ship Carnival Conquest.
In its post, the Coast Guard noted, “The transfer occurred approximately 2.3 miles from shore, in what could be best described as rough conditions.”
The video shows two Coast Guard members holding the arms of the passenger, who is standing and wearing a life vest, and helping the person from the bottom of a stairway lowered from the ship onto the awaiting boat as waves crash around them.
The patient was transported to Owen Roberts International Airport and then airlifted to the US by air ambulance for medical treatment.
The Coast Guard thanked JET ICU and Captain Vincent Delfosse from Bodden Shipping for their roles in helping to facilitate the successful medevac.
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