ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A man was medevaced from a vessel near Matanzas Pass in Fort Myers Beach, Florida by Coast Guard and Lee County, Florida, Emergency Medical Service crews, Friday.
At approximately 10:40 a.m. watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach, Florida, received a report from HealthPark Hospital of a man in his 50s living aboard a catamaran in Back Bay, located in Matanzas Pass, in need of medical care.
A Station Fort Myers Beach boatcrew and a Lee County EMS crew responded aboard a Coast Guard 29-foot Response Boat-Small II and transported the man back to the Coast Guard station.
After returning to Station Fort Myers Beach, EMS transported the man to HealthPark Hospital for further care.