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Date: July 30, 2009

Contact: Petty Officer Brandon Blackwell
(216) 902-6020 office
(216) 310-2608 cell

Coast Guard medically evacuates woman from Mackinac Island

ST. IGNACE, Mich.—The U.S. Coast Guard medically evacuated a woman from Mackinac Island after she fell from a dock and fractured her leg at approximately 4 a.m. Thursday.

Coast Guard Station St. Ignace launched a 47-foot motor life boat (MLB), with Emergency Medical Services onboard. The woman was transported from Mackinac Island to St. Ignace, where she was taken to a local hospital.

“She was in stable condition,” said Petty Officer Katharine Quick, a crewmember on the 47-foot motor life boat. “EMS put a splint on her leg on the way to St. Ignace and she seemed to be okay.”

Mackinac Island Clinic contacted the Coast Guard and requested a medical evacuation for the woman.

The Coast Guard in St. Ignace effects safe and expeditious transport of those in need of medical attention due to its proximity to Mackinac Island.

For more information or media inquiries, contact the Ninth Coast Guard District Public Affairs Office at (216) 902-6020.

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