Coast Guard, Hawaii Life Flight transports patient to Honolulu

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A Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules airplane sits on the ramp at the air station in Barbers Point, Hawaii, Dec. 30, 2024. The HC-130 Hercules airplanes are utilized to support all Coast Guard missions such as search and rescue, and maritime law enforcement. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Robertson)

HONOLULU – The Coast Guard assisted Hawaii Life Flight with a non-maritime emergency medical service transport from Hilo, Hawaii, Monday.

Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu watchstanders received a notification at 8 a.m. Monday from the Hawaii Department of Health requesting a non-maritime emergency medical service transport for a 47-year-old man with a pelvic fracture, from Hilo to Honolulu.

At 1 p.m. Monday, an HC-130 Hercules airplane crew from Air Station Barbers Point, along with a Hawaii Life Flight medical team, transported the patient to Barbers Point where they were then transferred to EMS for further transport to The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu.

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