[SandRat]

071215-N-3659B-065 PACIFIC (Dec. 15, 2007) Medical personnel aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transfer a patient from an HH-60H Seahawk from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Warfare Squadron Four (HS) 4 following an emergency medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) at sea. The crew of Ronald Reagan and HS-4 helped MEDEVAC a 14-year old Illinois girl who had suffered from a ruptured appendix while vacationing aboard the Dawn Princess cruise ship off the coast of Baja, California. Upon arrival to the ship, the ship's surgeon conducted an emergency appendectomy and the patient is resting comfortably aboard Ronald Reagan. U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joseph M. Buliavac (Released)

[TomServo]

Love the headline...

For a minute I thought...

[Sigh] - Nevermind...

[acapesket]

Thank the Lord that the United States of America is blessed with all of these wonderful human beings!

[Ken522]

I bet that girl is going to want to join the Navy as soon as she can!

[george76]

They have to go out, but they do not have to return.

[Battle Hymn of the Republic]

had been experiencing abdominal pains while aboard

I love boating, but hate cruises!

[george76]

They have to go out, but they do not have to return.

[USNBandit]

Parents got a pretty good return on their tax dollars this year.

[cornfedcowboy]

The girls mother is gonna need to bake a whole bunch of cookies. Doesn’t the RR have something like 5,000 sailors aboard?

[dcwusmc]

WAY KOOL!!!! Way to go, Ronnie Reagan!!!

[Fairview]

So 1100 miles (550 miles out and 550 miles back)is the range of this helicopter? I find that amazing!

[Old Seadog]

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

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.

[BIGLOOK]

'Can do'

Thanks for the post, Sandy.

[A.A. Cunningham]

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, ship’s 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)

[magslinger]

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[conservativegramma]

What a cool story!!!! Just makes you want to start singing the national anthem. Thanks for posting it.

[StarCMC]

GO NAVY!!

I love this story!

[StarCMC]

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.

[wastedyears]

That’s really cool

If I’m on a cruise and I ever get sick, in that the ship I’m on can’t take care of me, I would hope the US Navy may come to my aid.