SEATTLE - A Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew from Station Newport, Ore., supported by a second HH-65C helicopter crew from Group/Air Station North Bend, Ore., conducted a medevac 50 nautical miles from Florence, Ore., Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. The helicopter crew transported a fisherman with head injury to emergency medical specialists waiting on shore. Coast Guard video by Lt. Jason Reeder and Group/Air Station North Bend, Ore.

SEATTLE - The Coast Guard rescued a fisherman who suffered a head injury on a fishing vessel off the Ore. Coast Tuesday.

The man was transported to Bay Area Hospital, North Bend.

A Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew from Station Newport, Ore., supported by a second HH-65C helicopter crew from Group/Air Station North Bend, Ore., conducted a medevac 50 nautical miles from Florence, Ore. The helicopter crew transported the man to emergency medical specialists waiting on shore.

SEATTLE – The Coast Guard hoisted a crewmember of the 1,095-foot container-vessel Ever Charming Saturday.

The Coast Guard District 13 Command Center here, received notification from the Ever Charming, approximately 1,000 nautical miles offshore, of a crewmember experiencing chest pains Friday at 4:20 p.m.

Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, Ore., launched an MH-60J Jayhawk helicopter crew at 5:30 p.m., Saturday, to rendezvous with the Ever Charming approximately 250 nautical miles offshore. 

Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento, Calif., launched an HC-130 Hercules crew to provide support for the helicopter crew.

The helicopter crew hoisted and transported the 57-year old German man back to Air Station Astoria where a Life Flight helicopter crew transported him to Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland, Ore.

The condition of the man is unknown at this time.

ASTORIA, Ore. - An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Astoria medically evacuates a man from the fishing vessel Sea Spirit Tuesday, August 2, 2010. The man recieved a head injury while working aboard the vessel and was flown to Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland, Ore., for treatment. Coast guard video by Air Station Astoria.

ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard medically evacuated an injured man from a vessel 84 miles west of Tillamook Bay, Ore., Tuesday.

The crew of the fishing vessel Sea Spirit contacted Coast Guard Group North Bend, Ore., after a 27-year-old crewmember aboard the vessel fell and suffered a head injury.  Coast Guard Air Station Astoria launched an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew to the scene.  The helicopter crew hoisted the man and flew him to Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland, Ore., to be treated for his injuries.

ASTORIA, Ore. — A crew from Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, Ore., medically evacuated a 25 year-old woman who was eight months pregnant, from a Coast Guard 47-foot motor lifeboat 20 miles west of Grays Harbor, Wash., Sunday, July 25, 2010.

Coast Guard Group Astoria received a call at 10:55 a.m. that a woman had gone into labor aboard a 24-foot vessel and launched an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria and a 47-motor lifeboat crew from Coast Guard Station Grays Harbor. 

The woman was transferred to the motor lifeboat before being hoisted by the helicopter crew and transported to Grays Harbor Community Hospital.

U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Astoria, Ore.

ASTORIA, Ore. — A 17 year-old boy is rescued after falling from a 200-foot cliff at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Lewis and Clark State Park, Wash., Sunday, July 25, 2010.

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria, Ore., responded to the scene, hoisted the boy and transported him to Columbia Memorial Hospital.

U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2^nd Class Josh Hollingshead.

ASTORIA, Ore. – A 17 year-old boy is hoisted into an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter after falling from a 200-foot cliff at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Lewis and Clark State Park, Wash., Sunday, July 25, 2010.

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria, Ore. responded to the scene, hoisted the boy and transported him to Columbia Memorial Hospital.

U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Astoria, Ore.

ASTORIA, Ore., - The Coast Guard rescued a 17 year-old boy from a cliff face at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Lewis and Clark State Park, Wash., Sunday.

Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment, Wash., received a report at 1:52 p.m. of a boy who had fallen from a 200-foot cliff to an area known as Waikiki Beach.

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria was launched along with a 25-foot response boat crew from Station Cape Disappointment.  A rescue crew from Pacific County Fire and Rescue also responded to the scene.

A Coast Guard rescue swimmer was lowered and secured the boy before putting him into a rescue basket.  The boy was hoisted to the helicopter and transported to Columbia Memorial Hospital where he was last listed in stable condition.

ASTORIA, Ore. — The 34-foot fishing vessel Rose Marie sinks with one person onboard 20 miles west of the Columbia River entrance, Tuesday, July 20, 2010.

Coast Guard Group Astoria, Ore. issued an urgent marine information broadcast (UMIB) and launched a 47-foot motor lifeboat crew from Station Cape Disappointment, Wash., and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria.

The helicopter crew hoisted and transported the fisherman to awaiting emergency medical services at Air Station Astoria.

U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Vanberkom.

ASTORIA, Ore. — A Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria, Ore., hoists a 53-year-old fisherman from a sinking vessel approximately 20 miles west of the Columbia River entrance, Tuesday, July 20, 2010.

Coast Guard Group Astoria issued an urgent marine information broadcast (UMIB) and launched a 47-foot motor lifeboat crew from Station Cape Disappointment, Wash., and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria.

The helicopter crew hoisted and transported the fisherman to awaiting emergency medical services at Air Station Astoria.

U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Astoria, Ore.

ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard rescued a 53-year-old man from a sinking fishing vessel approximately 20 miles west of the Columbia River entrance, Tuesday.

At 5 a.m. an emergency indicating radio beacon followed by a broken mayday from the 34-foot fishing vessel Rose Marie with one person onboard was received by Coast Guard Group Astoria, Ore. 

Coast Guard Group Astoria issued an urgent marine information broadcast (UMIB) and launched a 47-foot motor lifeboat crew from Station Cape Disappointment, Wash., and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria.

A Good Samaritan crew onboard the fishing vessel Gallatin Point responded to the UMIB and reported the Rose Marie low in the water with one person in a liferaft hanging onto the stern.

The helicopter crew hoisted and transported the fisherman to awaiting emergency medical services at Air Station Astoria.  There were no injuries reported.

ASTORIA, Ore. - A Coast Guard HH-65 helicopter crew from Air Facility Newport, Ore., rescues people from a grounded 18-foot pontoon boat at Siletz Bay, Ore., July 5, 2010. The vessel's passengers became stuck in shallow water the previous night, prompting the Siletz Fire Department and the Coast Guard to rescue them. Coast Guard video by Air Facility Newport.

ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard assisted North Lincoln, Ore., Fire/Rescue with the rescue of five people and one dog from an 18-foot pontoon boat grounded at Siletz Bay, Ore., Monday.

The people aboard the boat contacted the North Lincoln Fire/Rescue Sunday after their vessel ran aground in a shallow area, but opted to stay overnight hoping the eventual high tide would free them.  When the tide failed to free the vessel, the fire/rescue team and a 25-foot response boat crew from Coast Guard Station Depoe Bay, Ore., attempted to retrieve the boaters by transporting them via jet ski to the waiting Coast Guard response boat.  When this attempt failed, a Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Facility Newport, Ore., was dispatched to hoist the passengers from the pontoon boat.

There were no injuries reported.  

ASTORIA, Ore. — A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria, Ore., rescued both a Cannon Beach, Ore., Fire/Rescue team member from a rip current at Cannon Beach and a 16-year-old girl from a cliff at Cascade Head near Tillamook Bay, Ore., in two separate cases Wednesday.

The helicopter crew was conducting training with Cannon Beach Fire/Rescue when a female rescue team member slipped from her jet ski into a rip current, which began to carry her toward some rocks.   A Coast Guard rescue swimmer was deployed from the helicopter and managed to help the woman into a rescue basket, which was then  hoisted into the helicopter.  The helicopter crew had only just taken the rescue team member to shore when Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay received a report from local 911 that a 16-year-old girl was trapped on a cliff at Cascade Head. 

The helicopter crew was diverted to Cascade Head where their swimmer was deployed to rescue the girl from the cliff.  The girl was taken to the nearby beach where she was examined by Tillamook County Fire/Rescue workers for injuries.