An 84-year-old British passenger, with symptoms of cardiorespiratory arrest, was urgently evacuated this morning, by helicopter, from the cruise ship «Queen Mary II», when it was sailing about 27 miles southeast of Portimão.
The medical evacuation was carried out by the EH-101 helicopter of the Portuguese Air Force (FAP).
The operation was coordinated by the Lisbon Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC Lisbon), in conjunction with the INEM – Guidance Center for Urgent Patients at Sea (CODU-Mar) and the FAP.
The passenger had symptoms of cardiorespiratory arrest, so CODU-Mar assessed the medical evacuation as urgent. After this information, the MRCC Lisbon requested the activation of an air means to carry out the evacuation.
The patient's evacuation was successfully carried out at 2:10 am, with the helicopter landing at the airport of Faro, at 3:10 am, and from there he was referred by the INEM Medical team to the Hospital de Faro, in a stable situation.
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