Emergency rescue by Guangdong Maritime Search and Rescue Center for sudden illness of foreign seafarers

　　China News Service, Zhuhai, March 8th (Guo Jun Zhang Hao) The reporter learned from the Guangdong Maritime Safety Administration on the 8th that at 5:22 am on March 7th, the Guangdong Provincial Maritime Search and Rescue Center received a report that a foreign oil tanker was passing by. About 20 nautical miles south of Gaolan Island in Zhuhai, a Croatian sailor suddenly suffered from acute appendicitis. The pain was unbearable.

　　After receiving the report, the Guangdong Provincial Maritime Search and Rescue Center launched an emergency rescue plan, learned about the specific situation from foreign oil tankers, and learned that affected by sea conditions, it would take more than three hours to sail to the nearest Gaolan anchorage at the speed of the ship, which would delay the best Healing period.

Time is life, and the Guangdong Maritime Search and Rescue Center immediately coordinated with the South China Sea Rescue Bureau to send a rescue helicopter B-7340 to rescue.

At the same time, the on-duty personnel of the command center broadcast navigation warnings through the supervisory command system, VHF and other channels, requiring relevant ships passing through the waters to slow down and avoid them.

The sudden illness of foreign seafarers, Guangdong Maritime Search and Rescue Center emergency rescue Photo by Zhang Hao

　　During the rescue period, the Guangdong Provincial Maritime Search and Rescue Center quickly coordinated with customs, border inspection and other relevant departments to open a green channel for the foreign crew member to enter the country for treatment, and actively contacted the Zhuhai health department to determine the receiving hospital and properly formulate a treatment plan.

Two hours later, the sick crew member was sent to the tarmac of Zunyi Fifth Hospital in Doumen, Zhuhai by rescue helicopter, and received observation and treatment in the emergency department.

　　The Guangdong Provincial Maritime Search and Rescue Center reminds all crew members: When working and living on board, in case of physical injury or sudden illness, please dial the emergency number "12395" in time.

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