The RACQ CQ Rescue Helicopter had a busy few days over the weekend with a series of rescues that spanned the far reaches of the Whitsundays, from a remote homestead at Mt Coolon to a boat in distress near Hayman Island.
Firstly, RACQ CQ Rescue airlifted an elderly man with a broken neck from a remote homestead near Mt Coolon.
The 87-year-old man had fallen down a flight of stairs at the cattle property and suffered spinal injuries.
The team were tasked by Queensland Health at about 4.30pm on Friday to fly more than 400km with a doctor and Critical Care Paramedic on board to treat and retrieve the injured man.
The helicopter landed in a grassed area adjacent to the homestead in the nearly four-hour mission and he was transferred to Mackay Base Hospital in stable condition.
On Saturday the rescue helicopter was tasked to an EPIRB activation about 35 kilometres east of Hayman Island at about 6.30pm.
The helicopter quickly honed in on the distress beacon signal and made radio contact with occupants on a five-metre centre-console boat just before dark to establish they were safe, unhurt and that their boat had broken down.
Volunteer Marine Rescue was already en route to the scene and was tasked to assist retrieve the vessel and those on board, so the rescue helicopter returned to base at Mackay Airport.
On Sunday, RACQ CQ Rescue was tasked again to Hayman Island to airlift a resident with a serious abdominal condition.
It was a busy weekend of emergency airlifts for RACQ CQ Rescue and uplifting to know that all patients survived.
Caption: RACQ CQ Rescue landed at a remote property near Mt Coolon on Friday to transfer an 87-year-old man with a broken neck to hospital. Photo supplied
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