ARLA/CLUSTER: Radioamadores do Maritime Mobile Service Network (MMSN) prestam assistência a navios em 14 300 kHz

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Radio hams assist vessel with ill crew member

ARRL reports Amateur Radio operators associated with the Maritime Mobile
Service Network (MMSN) played a significant part in summoning medical
assistance on November 9

A crew member was suffering chest pains on board the 48-foot sailing vessel
Marie Elena, some 300 miles east of Bermuda.

“The assistance we received from the ham radio operator[s] was crucial in
helping us communicate with the vessel’s crew,� US Coast Guard Petty
Officer 1st Travis Unser said afterward. Unser was the search-and-rescue
coordinator for the incident.

MMSN member *Donald Plunkett, VA6FH*, heard a call for medical assistance
at 1650 UTC on the net’s 14.300 MHz frequency from *Nick Cancro, KC2WRH*,
the captain of the Marie Elena.

Cancro reported that a crew member was experiencing severe chest pains and
needed medical assistance. Fellow MMSN operator *Fred Moore, W3ZU*, of
Inverness, Florida, had good propagation with the Marie Elena and contacted
the vessel, linking it via a phone patch to the US Coast Guard Station in
Norfolk, Virginia.

The Coast Guard was able to connect the patient directly to medical
personnel via the phone patch to ascertain symptoms and prescribe first aid
measures prior to medical assistance arrival.

Read the full story at
http://www.arrl.org/news/maritime-mobile-service-network-operators-assist-vessel-with-ill-crew-member
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