Volunteers from Marine Rescue Brunswick completed a rapid medical evacuation from a fishing trawler off Byron Bay this morning.
Marine Rescue NSW Inspector John Murray said Marine Rescue Brunswick was tasked for the mission by NSW Police Marine Area Command.
“A call was received just before 10am that a 17-year-old male was suffering a medical episode on board a fishing trawler.
“A volunteer crew was quickly assembled and Marine Rescue NSW vessel Brunswick 30 deployed.
“Brunswick 30 met the trawler one nautical mile (1.8km) off Cape Byron and transferred the young male onto the Marine Rescue NSW vessel.
“The BR 30 crew assisted the patient and took him to Brunswick Boat Harbour where NSW Ambulance paramedics were waiting to provide further treatment,” Inspector Murray said.
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