A MAN is recovering from surgery after paramedics rescued him from a container ship 95 nautical miles off the NSW coast.
A doctor and a paramedic from Special Casualty Access Team (SCAT) flew from Illawarra regional airport to the ship after receiving a call for assistance about 2.45pm (AEDT) on Monday.
A 51-year-old foreign national who had suffered a chest injury a month ago was bedridden and his condition was deteriorating, SCAT boss Cameron Edgar said.
After winching the paramedic crew onto the ship, the rescue helicopter was sent 175km back to shore as it had only enough fuel to wait for 19 minutes.
"They had a quick look at the patient and realised his condition was such they wouldn't be able to rapidly move him into position to be winched off," Mr Edgar said.
The SCAT team gave the man a general anaesthetic to control his breathing while waiting for the rescue helicopter to return.
The man was placed in a stretcher and winched onto the helicopter two hours later.
Back on land, he was taken to the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney and placed in intensive care.
"Overall, despite being a complicated operation with an extremely sick patient, it all went really well," Mr Edgar said.
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