Sligo-based Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 118 assisted in a multi-agency operation in Galway on Friday afternoon.
Shortly after 1.30pm, Valentia Coast Guard were alerted by Marine VHF radio to a man overboard incident in Galway Bay.
Galway RNLI and Costelloe Bay Coast Guarda were also tasked to the scene.
The Shannon base Coast Guard Helicopter, which at the time was completing patient transfer to University Hospital Galway, was also placed on standby at Galway.
Shortly after arriving on scene. Coast Guard Helicopter Rescue 118 located and recovered the casualty.
Rescue 118 provided immediate medical assistance and transferred the casualty into the care of HSE at University Hospital Galway.
