BOSTON — Coast Guard rescue crews from Air Station Cape Cod, Massachusetts, transported a 34-week premature infant to Tuft's Medical Center, Friday.
Watchstanders at the 1st Coast Guard District Command Center received a request for assistance at 11:45 p.m., Friday, from Martha's Vineyard Hospital in Oaks Bluff, Massachusetts. The hospital team was requesting transport of a premature baby who being delivered by emergency caesarean section and needed to be taken to Tuft's Medical Center in Boston.
Crews from Air Station Cape Cod picked up an awaiting neonatal team and incubator at Boston Logan Airport and took them to Martha's Vineyard Hospital. Upon arrival, one Coast Guard crewmember assisted the neonatal team in assessing and preparing the baby and father for further transport.
The air crew safely delivered the baby and father awaiting EMS at Logan Airport for further transport to Tuft's Medical Center at 6:20 a.m.
