Rescue Crew Kept On Their Toes
RACQ CQ Rescue experienced another busy weekend last weekend, airlifting a man from Sarina after a drug overdose on Saturday and a woman from Cockermouth Island with a dislocated knee on Sunday.
The Mackay-based helicopter has completed five missions since Friday.
Early Saturday morning, Queensland Health tasked the service to transport a patient from Bowen to hospital in Mackay.
Later the same day, RACQ CQ Rescue was tasked again by Queensland Health to fly 30km south to land near the showgrounds at Sarina to airlift a critically ill patient.
A 27-year-old North Mackay man who suffered a drug overdose and was initially taken to Sarina Hospital, required emergency treatment by paramedics and the flight doctor before being flown to Mackay Base Hospital in a serious condition about 6pm.
Later Saturday night, a patient from Collinsville hospital was transported by helicopter to Mackay after suffering pelvic and spinal injuries after rolling a ute.
On Sunday morning, the Mackay-based helicopter was tasked to Cockermouth Island, about 50km north-east of Mackay.
A woman on board a tourist vessel visiting the island was paddleboarding in the lagoon when she seriously dislocated her knee.
RACQ CQ Rescue was tasked by Queensland Health about 11:30am and the helicopter landed on the island’s beach so the medical team, including a doctor and Critical Care Paramedic, could treat the woman and deliver pain relief.
She was then airlifted for further treatment at Mackay Base Hospital.
It was an early start for the crew again on Monday morning after being tasked at 3:00am by Queensland Health to transfer a hospital patient from Clermont to Mackay in a four-hour mission.
RACQ CQ Rescue has already completed 141 missions so far this year.
The RACQ CQ Rescue helicopter transported patients from Sarina and Cockermouth Island over the weekend. Images supplied.
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