A Coast Guard helicopter crew airlifted a man suffering from stroke-like symptoms from a fishing vessel off the coast of Oceanside Friday, officials say.
At about 11:30 a.m., the Coast Guard got a call about a medical emergency on the vessel called Outer Limits about 50 miles west of Oceanside Harbor.
The agency’s flight surgeon recommended the 66-year-old patient be evacuated from the boat and rushed to the hospital.
The Coast Guard pulled a Sector MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from routine training to find the fishing vessel. The crew reached the boat at about 1:35 p.m., lowered a stretcher to the deck, loaded the man onto it and lifted him onto the chopper.
The man was taken to UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest, and his condition is not known.
