Captain faces medical emergency on stranded boat offshore, Bay Head NJ
Medical EmergencyA boat is stranded about half a mile off the coast near East Ave. The boat's captain is experiencing a medical emergency, and no one else onboard can operate the vessel. The Coast Guard and local authorities have been notified and are coordinating rescue efforts.
Audio|Source: Point Pleasant Borough OEM/Special Events
07:13
Transcript:
00:00
Squad 34-hour assignment, squad 34-year-old assignment. Time now, it's 1230.
00:09
Three, four-nights in service.
00:15
All right, I'm not quite sure where you're going,
00:21
but the, uh,
00:23
the voter in distress, he's still out in the water.
00:37
County 3510 is going to be responding.
00:40
Where should we respond to?
00:46
Looks like they're off of near East Ave is the nearest physical address, but they're about a half mile offshore.
00:54
Nobody on board is able to operate the boat, and the captain of the boat is the one that is having the medical emergency.
01:01
Copy. Have you guys contacted Coast Guard?
01:05
That is correct.
01:07
We have.
01:10
Copy. So near East Ave. We'll head over that way. Thank you.
01:16
Copy that's all.
01:22
Does Point Borough have a boat that they can launch through the summit?
01:28
Yeah, maybe you want to call Point Borough, and I think so many south of us also is 29 or something down the strip. Maybe they have Brick has a boat also, so we can call them too.
01:40
All right, Point Borough is sending their boat. We need somebody that would have ocean access.
01:49
If brick has a boat, they can be on the bay.
01:52
Copy, okay.
01:54
So we'll go tomorrow right now then.
01:59
Copy. 3,500 County.
02:03
3,500. 3,500.
02:08
I'll be at 1539 access.
02:11
Have the Coast Guard been alerted on this site? The police chief is telling me they're about a half mile off the beach.
02:18
That's the first Coast Guard has been notified.
02:23
Received. I'll be on location. I'll be on the beach access.
02:30
3510, 3500.
02:37
Go to 3,500.
02:40
Chief, I had them hit the burrow out also and try and get their boat out this way. They have access to.
02:49
Receive.
02:54
Before and on.
02:59
Good.
03:03
Sean, a footer in distress is a good half mile or more off the beach in the ocean.
03:11
Apparently Coast Guard is coordinating with Ocean County.
03:15
I'm not sure if you just want to go to the Coast Guard State.
03:25
Thank you.
03:28
I want to say confirm that Coast Guard is going to pick up and go to the Coast Guard station.
03:33
I'll head that way. For now, I'm just going to try to meet up with Manoloz and Fire Chief.
03:59
3,500 from County.
04:06
Go to 3,500.
04:09
I just spoke with the Coast Guard. They have a Vespa under way in just a moment.
04:13
They said they will take care of the transport of the patient into shore, and they're going to bring them into their Coast Guard station in Barnigan, and they will be calling Manusquan for EMS.
04:25
County Beach.
04:26
4204 are responding.
04:30
4204 copy. 3,500. Did you copy my last?
04:34
3,500 copy last. 4,04. You guys stand by right now at station.
04:39
The Coast Guard is going to be handling this from what I'm being told.
04:47
Squad 35, you have a BLS, I'm sorry, ALS[1] assignment for (number withheld) House Street.
04:52
Squad 35,
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you have an ALS[1] assignment for (number withheld) House Street. Timeout.
04:58
1245.
05:03
...with dispatch, can you cancel them, please?
05:07
Copy that.
05:12
I can confirm that. I got no answer.
05:16
I don't know why they're saying that.
05:18
They're probably saying they're going to go to Coast Guard Station Madison, which is us.
05:23
So,
05:24
until I get a word with Coast Guard,
05:26
I'll just keep you guys in place.
05:30
I copy.
05:32
I'm headed.
05:45
Station 75, you can recall your last assignment to Manalokin.
05:49
Feeding,
05:50
Station 75, you can cancel your last call to Manaloking.
05:54
Time now is 1306 operator 1.23.
06:00
Section 75 received, standing down.
06:05
16 received.
06:07
And that is not them coming into shore.
06:13
Received. Stop.
06:20
35, 10,000, where are you located?
06:29
Okay, as predicted,
06:31
Sean, go to the Coast Guard station. They have a boat going out to retreat the victim and they're coming back to the Coast Guard station here.
06:42
Fantastic.
06:46
Be that as well, Brian.
06:49
Thank you, sir.
06:55
30,500.
06:57
Right now I have two boaters that's trying to assist the boat right now.
07:02
That's where we're at so far.
07:08
Copy that, you do have the Coast Guard underway also.
07:12
Receive.
Police codes explained
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ALS: Advanced Life Support
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Location mentioned:
Near East Ave, Bay Head, NJ 08742
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