1/2 US COAST GUARD PHOTO US COAST GUARD PHOTO BY OFFICER 3RD CLASS JOEL GUZMAN /Released A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew refuels at Coastal Air Station Barbers Point , in January 2016. The Coast Guard evacuated a man experiencing stroke symptoms from a cruise ship 50 miles off Oahu early Tuesday morning.

2 /2 U.S. COAST GAS PHOTO BY OFFICER 3RD CLASS JOEL GUZMAN /Released A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew refuels at Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point in January 2016. US Coast Guard Evacuates Man Showing Stroke Symptoms. cruise ship 50 miles from Oahu early Tuesday morning.

U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO BY OFFICER 3RD CLASS JOEL GUZMAN /Released A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew refuels at Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point in January 2016. The Coast Guard Coast medically evacuated a man with stroke symptoms from a cruise ship 50 miles from Oahu early Tuesday morning.

The U.S. Coast Guard evacuated a man experiencing stroke symptoms from a cruise ship 50 miles off Oahu early Tuesday morning.

Those in Honolulu received a notification at 10 a.m. Monday from the senior physician aboard the Holland America Line cruise ship Zaandam requesting a medical evacuation due to a 32-year-old man showing symptoms of a stroke.

At the time, the ship was about 330 miles northeast of Oahu. The flight surgeon on duty recommended a medical evacuation.

The USCG launched an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew and an HC-130 Hercules aircrew from Air Station Barbers Point, which rendezvoused with Zaandam at 3:15 a.m. Tuesday. At the time, Zaandam was about 50 miles east of Kaneohe.

The helicopter crew lifted the sick man and a nurse aboard and transported them to the Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu. The patient is reported to be in stable condition.

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