A passenger was airlifted from Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas on Thursday, October 17. News reports say the male passenger was demonstrating stroke symptoms and needed medical assistance above and beyond what the ship's medical personnel could provide. Passengers who have had a stroke or who exhibit symptoms of...
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Cardiac Problem Result in Medevac for Island Princess Cruise Ship Passenger
Media reports say a Princess Cruises passenger traveling on the Island Princess was airlifted by the U.S. Coast Guard and taken away for advanced medical care. A 61-year-old female passenger was traveling on the Island Princess as the ship was close to Bligh Island on the eastern side of Prince...
Carnival Valor Passenger Airlifted From Ship Near Galveston Texas
Multiple media outlets, including, Click 3 Houston, report that "the Coast Guard medevaced a 71-year-old woman from a cruise ship 58 miles off the coast of Galveston to the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston on Sunday morning." Representatives from the Carnival Valor contacted the Coast Guard, alerting them...
Norwegian Escape Cruise Passenger Airlifted After Possible Stroke
According to the Coast Guard website, the Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod aircrew medevaced a 78-year-old man Saturday (Sept. 22) from the cruise ship Norwegian Escape after he suffered a possible stroke 40 nautical miles south of Nantucket. The crew of the Norwegian Cruise Ship notified Coast Guard watchstanders...
87 Year Old Woman Taken From Cruise Ship by Coast Guard Near Norflk, VA After Injury
Per WTKR News in Norfolk, VA a injured passenger was taken by the Coast Guard from the Viking Sky to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. According to the report, "watchstanders at the 5th Coast Guard District Command Center in Portsmouth were notified around 12:30 p.m. Monday that the woman had fallen...
91 Year Old Medevac’d from Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship
News reports show a mail passenger being evacuated from a Royal Caribbean ship, Harmony of the Seas, in late December. According to Vertical... A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew recently rescued a 91-year-old man from the world’s largest cruise ship. Royal Caribbean International’s Harmony of the Seas, an Oasis-class cruise...