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Ronald Reagan and HS-4 Medevac 14 Year-Old Girl From Cruise Ship
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Posted on 12/17/2007 7:23:58 PM PST by SandRat
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To: A.A. Cunningham
For Male enlistees, 18 for Female.
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posted on
12/17/2007 8:41:26 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: A.A. Cunningham
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posted on
12/17/2007 8:44:46 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: All
God bless our Armed Forces. Thank you again
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posted on
12/17/2007 8:48:53 PM PST
by
UCFRoadWarrior
(Mike Huckabee values illegals, criminals, and terrorists...Thanks "Values Voters")
To: SandRat
So 1100 miles (550 miles out and 550 miles back)is the range of this helicopter? I find that amazing!
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posted on
12/17/2007 8:50:56 PM PST
by
Fairview
(Taxes? I paid those -last- year!)
To: SandRat
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posted on
12/17/2007 9:30:44 PM PST
by
Old Seadog
(Inside every old person is a young person saying "WTF happened?".)
To: SandRat
I was on a cruise last November from Hawaii to the island of Kurbati. On the return trip, we had a medical emergency on the ship. They weren’t able to medi-evac the patient because we were too far out for a helicopter. So a U.S. Coast Guard plane dropped medical supplies and blood for the patient. It was the highlight of our sea day. Most of the passengers were up on deck to watch the drop.
To: SandRat
'Can do'
Thanks for the post, Sandy.
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posted on
12/17/2007 10:46:39 PM PST
by
BIGLOOK
071217-N-4776G-001 PACIFIC (Dec. 17, 2007) Laura Montero 14, from Albion, Ill., center, rests comfortably in the medical ward aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) following an emergency appendectomy performed by the ship's surgeon. Laura was medically evacuated (MEDEVAC) by an HH-60H Seahawk from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Warfare Squadron Four (HS) 4 on Dec. 15, after she suffered a ruptured appendix while vacationing aboard the Dawn Princess cruise ship off the coast of Baja, Mexico. Laura's mother Trudy Lafield, center-left, was later flown to the ship and reunited with her daughter. Mother and daughter are joined by Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Victor Ibarra, left, ships nurse Lt. Cmdr. Laura Ledyard, center-right, and Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Christopher Williams, right. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kathleen Gorby (Released)
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posted on
12/18/2007 5:26:05 AM PST
by
magslinger
(cranky right-winger)
To: george76
"They have to go out, but they do not have to return."Actually, that is the unofficial motto of the US Coast Guard.
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posted on
12/18/2007 5:31:09 AM PST
by
Redleg Duke
("All gave some, and some gave all!")
To: A.A. Cunningham
A ruptured appendix, she is one lucky girl to be alive, given the circumstances.
I heard a rumor once that submariners in the early days had their appendix taken out because of that possibility. I am guessing it was just one of those urban legends, but don't know for sure.
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posted on
12/18/2007 5:32:02 AM PST
by
mware
(Americans in arm chairs doing the work of the media.)
To: mware
I know there was at least one case of a successful appendectomy performed by a Hospital Corpsman on board a sub, with help via radio (I think) from a doctor on some other ship. Not sure if that was during WW 2 or shortly after. Maybe it was in Reader’s Digest that I read about it.
To: TomServo
Ronnie would approve.The best of the best.
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posted on
12/18/2007 6:16:53 AM PST
by
billhilly
(I was republican when republican wasn't cool. (With an apology to Barbara Mandrell.))
To: 19th LA Inf
A Russian doctor stranded for the winter at a base in Antarctica successfully removed his own appendix using a mirror and local anesthetic.
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posted on
12/18/2007 8:02:28 AM PST
by
The Great RJ
("Mir we bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
To: SandRat
What a cool story!!!! Just makes you want to start singing the national anthem. Thanks for posting it.
To: The Great RJ
Sounds like the scene from Master & Commanders when the doctor had to remove the bullet in his abdomen.
That brain surgery scene really creeped me out.
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posted on
12/18/2007 10:13:39 AM PST
by
mware
(Americans in arm chairs doing the work of the media.)
To: The Great RJ
I heard he couldn’t find a scalpel and had to use a rusty spoon.
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posted on
12/18/2007 10:26:54 AM PST
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: 19th LA Inf
There WAS a successful appendectomy performed by a Corpsman in WWII, aboard a Sub in the Sea of Japan. (I think Corpsmen were referred to as “Pharmacist’s mates” in those days.)
The skipper submerged to a depth of over 200 feet, to provide a stable platform. The surgery was performed using bent spoons & forks as retractors. The patient survived, however the corpsman was charged (Unsuccessfully) for performing a procedure for which he had no training!
He was awarded a medal for saving his shipmate’s life a few years back. The U.S. Naval Institute may have more info. That’s where I saw the story.
LC
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posted on
12/19/2007 7:26:27 AM PST
by
LoneConservative
(PEACE... Through SUPERIOR FIREPOWER!!!)
To: SandRat
GO NAVY!!
I love this story!
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posted on
12/19/2007 7:51:24 AM PST
by
StarCMC
(http://cannoneerno4.wordpress.com; http://starcmc.wordpress.com/ - The Enemedia is inside the gates.)
To: SandRat
You know - this is a wonderful story - we have a business acquaintance who took his pregnant wife for one last “fling” before their twins were born. She was about 6 months preggo and the doctor approved her going on a cruise, as long as she didn’t over exert herself. The rocking of the ship sent her into labor and there was no option but to put her on land in Mexico. The authorities wouldn’t allow anyone (MEDEVAC, etc) to land in their country and come get her and the twins, and because the medical facilities were so basic, they basically had to watch the twins die. It truly is a miracle for this girl that the USS Reagan was nearby and could help. I shudder to think what might have happened otherwise.
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posted on
12/19/2007 7:56:55 AM PST
by
StarCMC
(http://cannoneerno4.wordpress.com; http://starcmc.wordpress.com/ - The Enemedia is inside the gates.)
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